<p>My friend got sick in February with blisters in her throat and a fever, which lasted about a week. The doctor thought it was a one time thing, but she got the same thing again two weeks ago. This time the doctor told her that she'd get the throat blisters/fever every time she got run down (and she was run down both times, ones from a busy weekend and the second time from softball). She and I both want to know what it could be (she thinks she's getting it again) because her doctor never told her. Does anyone have any idea?</p>
<p>Rather than asking us to guess .... have her call the doctor and get an official answer of what the diagnosis was.</p>
<p>I'd guess herpes. If so, when she feels like she's getting it again, she can take Valtrex (which she can ask her doc to prescribe) and that will help minimize her illness.</p>
<p>"have her call the doctor and get an official answer of what the diagnosis was."</p>
<p>Her doctor didn't have an official diagnosis. All he said was, "you'll get this everytime you get run down". We don't think he knew what it was....</p>
<p>Strep throat, maybe?</p>
<p>Isn't it illegal for non-practitioner to give advice, even online? </p>
<p>...I agree with herpes.</p>
<p>Get a better doctor...?</p>
<p>I didn't know strep throat was recurrent though.</p>
<p>We both think it could be herpes, but we don't know how she got it. She got sick first at a time when everyone had strep throat and one friend had mono, and the doctor said she had coxsackie, but the second time she got sick said it was something else.</p>
<p>I'd go to a different doctor, and I doubt it's strep because that's a quick test now, like 10 minutes and it's usually the first thing doctors look for with sore throats. Also, does she spend time with children? Because last summer I worked as a camp counselor and sure enough I got bumps on my throat that I'd never had before, when the doc found them she was like, "do you spend time with kids and when I said 'yes' she was like, 'well there you go.' But again, I'd see a different doctor, maybe even an ear/throat specialist who can run some more tests and be a bit more thorough...no one on here's a doctor, and I wouldn't necessarily make the leap to herpes that's a bit extreme-bumps on the throat could be a number of things....</p>