Scratching in the throat or neck

If you wake up in the morning and scratch your throat, otherwise you feel good and you do not have a fever, the overheated bedroom with dry air will be to blame. But when your throat hurts…

If you wake up in the morning and scratch your throat, otherwise you feel good and do not have a fever, the overheated bedroom with dry air will be to blame. But if your throat continues to hurt during the day, then the pain is the result of something else. What is it and what to do about it? Well, you can wait a day or two - if the causative agent is a common virus, it will go away on its own.

But if you have a slightly fever and swollen lymph nodes in your neck, see a doctor. You will be prescribed antibiotics, or if you have another serious illness such as diabetes, chronic bronchitis, impaired kidney function or heart murmur, you may need further tests. He looks in your throat, takes a swab, and sends it to a laboratory for cultivation to know which organisms have multiplied in your throat and to which antibiotics they are sensitive. We will then be happy to issue them to you in our pharmacies.