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This is so much fun. Currently, I cannot close my teeth because my throat has swollen past my teeth. I have to grasp onto something every time I swallow due to the worst pain I can ever remember feeling each time I do it. I can only sleep while on Loratab. It does nothing for the pain, but it will conk me out for four hours till it wears off. Then I have to take another one. My throat around my tonsils is swollen now, to the point where nothing bigger than a loratab can fit through.

And I'm still just supposed to ride this out like a cold? I can't even talk my teeth are locked.

And I'm still just supposed to ride this out like a cold?

Yep. :-) Not much we can do with viral infections, your cellular arm of your immune system should be kicking in big time by this morning and you should start feeling better soon. Get plenty of fluids and rest - in fact I don't recommend eating at all (doesn't sound like you can anyway). Get ORGANIC fruit juices (normal run of the mill juices don't have the all good shit in them at organic juice does - it costs more but it's well worth it). Go to target and pick up some Vitamin C - I like the chewable waffers. They taste like sweettarts. Pop those like they're going out of style, drink organic juice, and rest. If you REALLY cannot swallow at all, you're going to have to go to the hospital to get some fluids pumped into you - sorry. Maybe you can ask your Doc for some sort of pain reliever that you can swallow and will coat you throat. I had some when I got my tonsils taken out - tastest like ass but it's numbs the pain.

Most of the time with these viral infections there's not much we can do. Maybe give you some INF-gamma and supportive IV fluids, but after that it's up to your own body to clear the infection. It's really amazing how much mordern medicine's hands are tied in respect to viral infection.

I hope you're feeling better soon.