Weird sore throat? Please advise!

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    xcrunner56

    Member since 09/02/2021.

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    2 years ago 09/23/2021 2:19pm EDT

    Hi,

    I got COVID tested last weekend (was required) and it was negative.

    I ran a lot over the weekend, including did a long run/workout in 80 degree weather, which made me have a bit of a headache after and tried to hydrate. On Monday I felt really good during my easy run. Tuesday was a workout and I felt bad on warm up but had a really good workout! Hit faster than all my times. Then Tuesday night my sister texted that she had a sore throat and I kid you not, an hour later my throat felt ever so slightly sore on one side and I had some light pressure/ache in my head on the same side. I've been drinking so much water and trying to get a ton of sleep. It's Thursday and it feels exactly the same as Tuesday night. I have no congestion, runny nose, aches. If anything, I just felt a little tired for the first half of my run today. The only bummer is I have a race this Saturday that I've been waiting for and am wanting to do really well. Ugh. Great timing. I'm still hoping it goes away by Saturday, but if it's not there, has anyone ever run (raced) through a sight sore throat? I'm guessing I'm just run down. It could also be allergies of some sort....

  • Mono

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 09/23/2021 6:29pm EDT
    re: xcrunner56

    xcrunner56 wrote:

    Hi,

    I got COVID tested last weekend (was required) and it was negative.

    I ran a lot over the weekend, including did a long run/workout in 80 degree weather, which made me have a bit of a headache after and tried to hydrate. On Monday I felt really good during my easy run. Tuesday was a workout and I felt bad on warm up but had a really good workout! Hit faster than all my times. Then Tuesday night my sister texted that she had a sore throat and I kid you not, an hour later my throat felt ever so slightly sore on one side and I had some light pressure/ache in my head on the same side. I've been drinking so much water and trying to get a ton of sleep. It's Thursday and it feels exactly the same as Tuesday night. I have no congestion, runny nose, aches. If anything, I just felt a little tired for the first half of my run today. The only bummer is I have a race this Saturday that I've been waiting for and am wanting to do really well. Ugh. Great timing. I'm still hoping it goes away by Saturday, but if it's not there, has anyone ever run (raced) through a sight sore throat? I'm guessing I'm just run down. It could also be allergies of some sort....

    you have mono

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    1ub2run

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    2 years ago 09/23/2021 6:36pm EDT
    re: xcrunner56

    Get to a doc or urgent care, redo covid test & have them take a look at your throat.

    Insist that it get swabbed and sent to lab.

  • Mono

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 09/23/2021 7:47pm EDT
    re: 1ub2run

    1ub2run wrote:

    Get to a doc or urgent care, redo covid test & have them take a look at your throat.

    Insist that it get swabbed and sent to lab.

    It is mono. It requires a spot test not a nasal swab.

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    fisky

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    2 years ago 09/23/2021 8:19pm EDT
    re: Mono

    Mono wrote:

    xcrunner56 wrote:

    Hi,

    I got COVID tested last weekend (was required) and it was negative.

    I ran a lot over the weekend, including did a long run/workout in 80 degree weather, which made me have a bit of a headache after and tried to hydrate. On Monday I felt really good during my easy run. Tuesday was a workout and I felt bad on warm up but had a really good workout! Hit faster than all my times. Then Tuesday night my sister texted that she had a sore throat and I kid you not, an hour later my throat felt ever so slightly sore on one side and I had some light pressure/ache in my head on the same side. I've been drinking so much water and trying to get a ton of sleep. It's Thursday and it feels exactly the same as Tuesday night. I have no congestion, runny nose, aches. If anything, I just felt a little tired for the first half of my run today. The only bummer is I have a race this Saturday that I've been waiting for and am wanting to do really well. Ugh. Great timing. I'm still hoping it goes away by Saturday, but if it's not there, has anyone ever run (raced) through a sight sore throat? I'm guessing I'm just run down. It could also be allergies of some sort....

    you have mono

    It sounds a lot like mono. Nothing you can do about it. If it doesn't go away in a week or so, post back here. There's a supplement that will help if you have long term or recurring mono. It's Lauricidin.

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    xcrunner56

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    2 years ago 09/23/2021 8:31pm EDT
    re: fisky

    it's a very very slight sore throat though which I get a couple times per year randomly or whenever I'm run down, so I'm hoping it's not the early stages of mono!

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    MRMRMRMR

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    2 years ago 09/24/2021 1:54pm EDT
    re: 1ub2run

    This is NOT mono. It is far more likely to be Lyme disease and Bartonella. Barely anyone sees the tick that bit them or gets a bullseye rash. Ticks can be the size of a poppy seed.

    I got Bartonella and Lyme and was misdiagnosed with "mono" initially by multiple doctors.

    It is summer, and there is a Lyme epidemic that the CDC has tried to keep under wraps for decades. There are also dozens of co-infections that go along with Lyme, different bacteria, parasites, and viruses that are transmitted by ticks.

    Any strange round rashes or bug bites? Where are you located? Obviously New England, MA, PA, Long Island, NJ, Wisconsin, and Michigan are worse areas than some others. Utah is bad too. Have you been around dogs or cats? Done any trail running? I know someone who got Lyme from a beach in MA.

    You do not need to be in the woods to pick up a tick, they are literally everywhere now, they are spread by migrating birds.

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    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 09/24/2021 1:57pm EDT
    re: MRMRMRMR

    This is why you don’t come to letsrun for medical advice, you probably just have a cold and are a little run down.

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