
Anonymous
5 years
Sore throat more then 2 weeks
I’m female 38 years old.
My problems as below:
- My throat feel irritation since 2 weeks ago, felt like something stuck in the throat.
Took antibiotics which given by doctor few days ago but seem not recover (still got redness). - Slight diarrhea and stomach discomfort - more a week not serious but about once a day
- Body feel heat but not fever
- Sometime feel shortness of breath
Please help & advice. Thanks.

Dr Nur Syuhada binti Zulkifli,
5 years
Thank you for the question. For your information, sore throat and mild fever could be due to:
- Tonsilitis
- Pharyngitis
- Dehydration during hot season
- Common cold
According to WHO, the common symptoms of COVID-19 infection are:
- Fever (more than 37.5 degrees celcius)
- Fatigue
- Cough
- Aches and pains
- Sorethroat
- Headaches
- Shortness of breath
For your information, stomach discomfort and loose stool may be the side effect of the antibiotics that you are taking. It is a rather common side effect. You may take probiotics or yogurt while consuming antibiotics to replenish your healthy gut bacteria. Diarrhea is a term used when there is increased in frequency of bowel movement with watery stool. One time of loose stool in a day is not considered as diarrhea.
The symptoms of COVID-19 is not specific to this disease only. Hence, you are encouraged to answer the quiz on Risk Assessment for COVID-19 to evaluate your health status in regards to this disease. After completing this quiz, you will be classified into several categories. This step is to prevent overcrowding of patients in MOH hospitals without the actual need to have the test done and risking getting the infection by being amongst unidentified positive COVID-19 patients.
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