Throat irritation driving me nuts

Hi everyone. I haven't been on here much at all in a while. My son caugjt a cold virus a few weeks ago and then I caught it from him about a week ago but got a mild case of it and was getting over it and today my throat started feeling irritated and I have to clear it constantly and I'm getting kind of hoarse. I've always had a throat anxiety but when this has happened in the past I've gotten laryngitis. Ugh I was hoping it was just allergies but I'm not sure now.

I've been taking zinc, vitamin c and elderberry s i am really upset that I can't kick this stupid thing. And yeah I've gotten tested twice for the virus because my son was going to school and has been quarantined and a lady at my work tested positive but I'm negative.

I started using zicam throat spray again recommended by scaredy cat. hopefully it will ward this off even more. I stopped using it over a week ago because I thought if I get coronavirus I won't be able to tell because this spray makes you not be able to taste.ha And didn't think it mattered since I was already taking zinc supplements but maybe works better since it's going directly to the source. I'm just really sick of not feeling like myself.

If anybody has any recommendations please let me know.

Hi Hazelnut86

Welcome back to the forum but sorry to hear you are not feeling well.

It can take a couple of weeks to fully get over a cold and sore throat so hopefully you will start feeling better soon. Increase your fluid intake and also hot drinks can help soothe a sore throat. If things don’t start to improve over the next few days then maybe a trip to the doctor would be a good idea.

I hope you start to feel better soon.

Hibee