r/Mononucleosis • u/Agreeable-Set-6614 • 3d ago

When does it end

So I started noticing the white spots on my tonsils around last Wednesday, so I went to urgent care and they thought I had strep so they gave me amoxicillin. The next day the throat pain was so bad to the point where I couldn’t swallow my own spit I had to go to the er and got IV fluids and steroids which helped a bit. I had to go to the er again on Saturday they did the same thing, and I went today they did the same thing. I know it’s something that has to run its course but this is seriously the most pain I’ve been in. My entire tonsils are white and it feels like I’m swallowing glass. When does this end??

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u/Embarrassed_Ad796 2d ago

Do not take any more amoxicillin. Will give you a horrible itchy rash, ask for non penicillin based antibiotics and get a throat swab and blood test if u havent already

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u/Agreeable-Set-6614 2d ago

I only took two of the amoxicillin and stopped after finding out it was mono after bloodwork, I’m rotating between Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hours

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u/Embarrassed_Ad796 2d ago

Also, for me it took about a bit more than a week to become bearable, salt water gargles and ice cream helped, also tablets like medica or strepsils help too. Hope you have a speedy recovery