When to seek medical advice
Get emergency medical care if your child has a sore throat and also:
- Has difficulty breathing
- Is drooling or has difficulty swallowing
- Cannot tolerate liquids
See your doctor as soon as possible if your child's sore throat lasts longer than one week or is accompanied by:
- Fever
- Red, swollen tonsils
- White patches or pus on the back of the throat
- Swollen lymph nodes in the neck
- Blood in saliva or phlegm
- Skin rash
- Hoarse voice
- Signs of dehydration, such as no wet diapers or urine production in eight hours, dry skin, dry mouth, or crying without tears