28th August 2020

A 15-year old boy comes to see his general practitioner as he has had a sore throat for the last 24 hours

A 15-year old boy comes to see his general practitioner as he has had a sore throat for the last 24 hours. This morning he woke up and it was very painful to swallow. He feels feverish and generally unwell. He denies having a cough. On examination of his throat, he has enlarged tonsils and several spots of white exudate. His throat is generally erythematous. His temperature is 38.1 but otherwise his observations are within normal parameters. 

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