Re: OT: persistent sore throat

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hi Beth,

3 years ago had a horrid case of mono (along with other things) that

eventually led to her diagnosis of cvid - her first strep screen was neg.

However, her spleen felt enlarged, and the dr said it is not unusual for a false

neg in the early stages. It was not until almost 3 months later, when repeat

test results showed she had indeed had Epstein-Barr (mono). The bump doesn't

fit the picture though ... got thrush from a long term antibiotic and it

was more like a scrape-able coating - so I agree, it doesn't sound like thrush.

Hannah sure does present the curious situations!

About our trip, I guess I wasn't clear, the hospital stay will be at Chelsea

Community Hospital as the head and neuro institute has their own wing there.

We won't know her definite discharge date, don't have plane tickets

home...supposedly they have a " shared " computer at the Inn on the hospital

grounds where I will be staying so I don't feel disconnected from everyone!

Thanks for the well wishes Beth. Please let us know what the dr says regarding

Hannah today. We all know she too needs some relief as well!

Beth Yohnk <yohnkmom@...> wrote: I have

a question. Hannah has had a sore throat for more than a month. She's had 2

negative strep screens and a normal culture. It hurts more towards bedtime than

any other time of day. Last night I looked in her throat and there is a pea

sized bump on the back of her throat. Not as far down as the tonsils, but not

on the roof of her mouth either. I'm taking her in today because they need to

be sure it's not a polyp. She is excellent about rinsing her mouth after

Advair, so I don't think its thrush.

Have any of your kids had a throat polyp? What if anything do they do for

this? Any other thoughts?

Sending prayers & happy thoughts,

Beth :-)

[Guest guest]

Beth,

has experienced Sore Throats out of the blue. As you mentioned it

was more at bedtime and morning than any other time of the day. We did find

out she did not have Strep several times. The ENT Dr checked her out and sent

her to another Dr as her Sore Throats were nagging. I kept a supply of Pop

Sicles in the freezer as this helped her. I also tried the Throat Spray on her

too.

One dr said as the Air is Dry the throat can become dry and cause this.

Another Dr said that if a child is a mouth breather this will happen alot. So

found out if she slept with her mouth closed it helped. She also

seemed to notice it more when it was drier outside.

We parent's have to remember that JA can cause anything to happen. One

thing is these kids dehydrate easily. So when the mouth is opened and the child

breathes in and out only the throat can get raw. Possible a virus but who

knows. I would let a ENT Dr check her out.

Robbin

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Hi :

Once again her strep was negative. He does not think it's mono or a polyp.

Just probably one of her whacky viruses...great. That means she will not feel

well for at least a couple of weeks, her body does not fight viral stuff well at

all. I will be on high Hannah-alert for the next several days. She tends to

crash quickly.

Good luck with your trip, I will be praying like crazy for you guys!

Sending prayers & happy thoughts,

Beth :-)

Re: OT: persistent sore throat

hi Beth,

3 years ago had a horrid case of mono (along with other things) that

eventually led to her diagnosis of cvid - her first strep screen was neg.

However, her spleen felt enlarged, and the dr said it is not unusual for a false

neg in the early stages. It was not until almost 3 months later, when repeat

test results showed she had indeed had Epstein-Barr (mono). The bump doesn't fit

the picture though ... got thrush from a long term antibiotic and it was

more like a scrape-able coating - so I agree, it doesn't sound like thrush.

Hannah sure does present the curious situations!

About our trip, I guess I wasn't clear, the hospital stay will be at Chelsea

Community Hospital as the head and neuro institute has their own wing there.

We won't know her definite discharge date, don't have plane tickets

home...supposedly they have a " shared " computer at the Inn on the hospital

grounds where I will be staying so I don't feel disconnected from everyone!

Thanks for the well wishes Beth. Please let us know what the dr says regarding

Hannah today. We all know she too needs some relief as well!

Beth Yohnk <yohnkmomsbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote: I have a question. Hannah has had a

sore throat for more than a month. She's had 2 negative strep screens and a

normal culture. It hurts more towards bedtime than any other time of day. Last

night I looked in her throat and there is a pea sized bump on the back of her

throat. Not as far down as the tonsils, but not on the roof of her mouth either.

I'm taking her in today because they need to be sure it's not a polyp. She is

excellent about rinsing her mouth after Advair, so I don't think its thrush.

Have any of your kids had a throat polyp? What if anything do they do for this?

Any other thoughts?

Sending prayers & happy thoughts,

Beth :-)

[Guest guest]

Hi Beth,

I'm sorry they couldn't pin it down specifically so they could better treat

her...I do hope she is past it soon and feeling better. If it continues, have

you continued an ENT? It must be exhausting for you to remain on high-Hannah

alert, waiting for the other shoe to drop (not that you wouldn't do it every day

of your life because of your obvious intense love of your daughter....just

saying you must be tired.). Take care of yourself too. How have you been

feeling? How is your Dad doing?

Please tell Hannah I hope she feels better.

Hugs,

Beth Yohnk <yohnkmom@...> wrote: Hi

:

Once again her strep was negative. He does not think it's mono or a polyp.

Just probably one of her whacky viruses...great. That means she will not feel

well for at least a couple of weeks, her body does not fight viral stuff well at

all. I will be on high Hannah-alert for the next several days. She tends to

crash quickly.

Good luck with your trip, I will be praying like crazy for you guys!

Sending prayers & happy thoughts,

Beth :-)

Re: OT: persistent sore throat

hi Beth,

3 years ago had a horrid case of mono (along with other things) that

eventually led to her diagnosis of cvid - her first strep screen was neg.

However, her spleen felt enlarged, and the dr said it is not unusual for a false

neg in the early stages. It was not until almost 3 months later, when repeat

test results showed she had indeed had Epstein-Barr (mono). The bump doesn't fit

the picture though ... got thrush from a long term antibiotic and it was

more like a scrape-able coating - so I agree, it doesn't sound like thrush.

Hannah sure does present the curious situations!

About our trip, I guess I wasn't clear, the hospital stay will be at Chelsea

Community Hospital as the head and neuro institute has their own wing there.

We won't know her definite discharge date, don't have plane tickets

home...supposedly they have a " shared " computer at the Inn on the hospital

grounds where I will be staying so I don't feel disconnected from everyone!

Thanks for the well wishes Beth. Please let us know what the dr says regarding

Hannah today. We all know she too needs some relief as well!

Beth Yohnk <yohnkmomsbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote: I have a question. Hannah has had a

sore throat for more than a month. She's had 2 negative strep screens and a

normal culture. It hurts more towards bedtime than any other time of day. Last

night I looked in her throat and there is a pea sized bump on the back of her

throat. Not as far down as the tonsils, but not on the roof of her mouth either.

I'm taking her in today because they need to be sure it's not a polyp. She is

excellent about rinsing her mouth after Advair, so I don't think its thrush.

Have any of your kids had a throat polyp? What if anything do they do for this?

Any other thoughts?

Sending prayers & happy thoughts,

Beth :-)

[Guest guest]

Hi, Beth. Sorry you did not get an answer yet again. I have just a

little thought to put out there. Recently my youngest went through a

bout of being sick with what seemed like a nagging virus. She had a bad

head cold and a sore throat. She would seem to improve and within a week

or so, it was back. This went on from the beginning of school, through

October. Finally I had enough of her being worn down and sick and took

her into the dr in November. She gave Jenn a course of antibiotics, even

though strep was negative and mono was also (not that antibiotics do

anything to mono). It did the trick. She thought perhaps Jenn may have

had a sinus infection and that was contributing to the sore throat. The

med really did the trick. She also gave her something to help dry up the

sinuses (I can't remember the name of that one). I know drs do not like

to use antibiotics without a clear reason, but for Jenn it really

helped. Just a thought, Michele ( 20, spondy)

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Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 8:59 PM

Subject: Re: OT: persistent sore throat

Hi :

Once again her strep was negative. He does not think it's mono or a

polyp. Just probably one of her whacky viruses...great. That means she

will not feel well for at least a couple of weeks, her body does not

fight viral stuff well at all. I will be on high Hannah-alert for the

next several days. She tends to crash quickly.

Good luck with your trip, I will be praying like crazy for you guys!

Sending prayers & happy thoughts,

Beth :-)

Re: OT: persistent sore throat

hi Beth,

3 years ago had a horrid case of mono (along with other things)

that eventually led to her diagnosis of cvid - her first strep screen

was neg. However, her spleen felt enlarged, and the dr said it is not

unusual for a false neg in the early stages. It was not until almost 3

months later, when repeat test results showed she had indeed had

Epstein-Barr (mono). The bump doesn't fit the picture though ...

got thrush from a long term antibiotic and it was more like a

scrape-able coating - so I agree, it doesn't sound like thrush. Hannah

sure does present the curious situations!

About our trip, I guess I wasn't clear, the hospital stay will be at

Chelsea Community Hospital as the head and neuro institute has their own

wing there.

We won't know her definite discharge date, don't have plane tickets

home...supposedly they have a " shared " computer at the Inn on the

hospital grounds where I will be staying so I don't feel disconnected

from everyone!

Thanks for the well wishes Beth. Please let us know what the dr says

regarding Hannah today. We all know she too needs some relief as well!

Beth Yohnk <yohnkmomsbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote: I have a question. Hannah

has had a sore throat for more than a month. She's had 2 negative strep

screens and a normal culture. It hurts more towards bedtime than any

other time of day. Last night I looked in her throat and there is a pea

sized bump on the back of her throat. Not as far down as the tonsils,

but not on the roof of her mouth either. I'm taking her in today because

they need to be sure it's not a polyp. She is excellent about rinsing

her mouth after Advair, so I don't think its thrush.

Have any of your kids had a throat polyp? What if anything do they do

for this? Any other thoughts?

Sending prayers & happy thoughts,

Beth :-)

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Hi Beth, how is hannahs throat?? Holly has had a sore throat and mouth

sores for just over 2 months now....now answers here either......

n and Holly (14)

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Hi n:

Hannah's throat is doing better, but she's now on cold #4 or 5 since

Thanksgiving, so we'll see if it comes back. The lump on the back of her throat

has finally disappeared. Hope Holly feels better soon!

Beth & Hannah, 11, unspecified arthritis w/hypermobility; asthma; gerd;

migraines

Sending prayers & happy thoughts,

Beth :-)

Re: OT: persistent sore throat

Hi Beth, how is hannahs throat?? Holly has had a sore throat and mouth

sores for just over 2 months now....now answers here either......

n and Holly (14)

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