Originally Posted by NDfan
I was on 3 series of antibiotics for ringing in my ear over a period of 4 weeks and then finished them. A week later white spots appeared on my throat and tonsils but no pain for the first week. The first day I noticed the white spots I went into MedPoint and a doctor prescribed Augmentin (another antibiotic) even though I tested negative for strep (the quick test). On the 5th day of using the antibiotics I broke out in a rash. I stopped the antibiotic and took some benedryl and it went away. I didn't do anything for two weeks and my throat got progressively worse. Swollen lymph nodes, white spots on throat, night sweats/chills were the symptoms I was experiencing. I decided to go see "my" doctor and I had a mono test which came back negative. I had a gonorrhea test and that came back negative. My doctor put me on another antibiotic and 6 days into that one I was experiencing muscle spasms, a stiff neck and stopped taking it and the stiffness faded. I told my doctor that it felt like I had a knot in my throat and he sent me to have a cat scan done on my throat thinking I might have an abscess and nothing showed up at all. My white blood cell count came back normal also. Anyway, it's been close to 5 weeks now and the white spots are gone but I still have tender lymph nodes and my voice box hurts. I've been to an ear, nose, throat doctor and he looked at my throat and voice box and says he sees nothing wrong. I'm a teacher and the teacher in the room next to me is experiencing the same symptoms I have and has had them for 3 or 4 weeks now. I just learned that two other teachers have white spots on their throat now. I am frustrated not knowing what this is and now it seems other people are getting it too.