Sore throat

[Mstiles]

Can sore throat be a flare symptom?

I woke up this morning with a sore throat on one side. The last two months have been unrelenting stress. I’ve been at 11 mg for months. Recently have been extremely fatigued with occasional shoulder PMR pain in the shoulder muscle of that side. Also dealing with bursitis and osteoarthritis pain.

[MrsNails]

Hi MstilesSorry to hear about your recent stress, l’ve not heard of a sore throat as part of a Flare or PMR in general.

Have you been in contact with other people over the last few days? It maybe is just a sore throat, we have been so shielded from others that it’s possible we’ll pick more coughs n colds up when we go back to the Unshielded World.....,

Hope it improves soon but if you have any other symptoms do a Covid Test to be on the safe side.

Kind Regards 🌸

MrsN

[Mstiles in reply to MrsNails]

Thanks mrs nails

[PMRpro Ambassador]

I think the fact that it is on one side is more a suggestion it could be something else. I had a constant sore throat in the stages of PMR without pred - rarely since although it did reappear when a thorough flare rolled up but it was general, not as if one tonsil was causing the trouble.

[Mstiles in reply to PMRpro]

Yes just one side. Had tonsils out in childhood. Seems better today. Vitamin C ann salt water gargle seem to be helping.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Mstiles]

You can still get the same infections but affecting where the tonsils were - if you see what I mean