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#25487 11-16-2002 11:05 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 102 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 102 | Hoping someone here knows something about this. My husband who is 2 1/ years post radiation for tonsil ssc, has been suffering from sore throat for about a week. (this is the first any kind of sickness he has had since he recovered from radiation) Went to the dr Thurs. I looked in his throat that morning and it looked like kinda yellowish ulcer on side of soft palate. Went to Dr, Dr said looked like infection he probably picked up from one of our kids, so he put him on cephalexin. Been taking them since then, but this morning, it looks worse, and hurts worse and now there is white stuff all over in his throat. Any ideas? Gonna call the dr again Monday. Thanks for any ideas ya'll might have. The sore throat thing just really scared us, although he never had any symptoms with his cancer, only had the swollen node in his neck. Thanks, Julie
Julie Wife to Kelly SSC tonsil Stage IV July 2000
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#25488 11-16-2002 05:46 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | I can't speak to the yellow sore, obviously this needs to be explored carefully in the immediate future. But when suddenly you develop a white tongue, throat etc, it is usually Candida, a fungus infection that can be cured in a few days with the use of an anti fungal drug. One simple test for Candida is that it can be scraped off the surface of the tissue in most cases. This removal dosen't cure it, but it may ease your mind that it is something simple like a fungus bloom. There are some pictures of Candida in the dental section of the main site, under complications.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. | | |
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