I don&#x27;t, but how would the doctor know? I&#x27;ve gone in plenty of times with horrid conditions, hacking up all colors of the rainbow, and barely able to talk. Yet was told it was allergies... My brother-in-law a few months ago had horrid throat pain and swelling. The Doc said it was strep (I think they even did a test too). The antibiotics did nothing. Once his throat got to the diameter of a pencil a few days later, they rush him to the ER. They said it was mononucleosis.