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http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Tons...d-Chronic).htm







You can all now pick up your honorary medical degrees on monday!

Next time you need health advice, instead of asking a forum full of computer nerds, why don't you just ring NHS Direct?

Green phlegm usually signifies an infection of the respiratory system, if you don't have a GP then go to the hospital and ask about the "Out of hours GP unit" they should have a GP able to see you within an hour or so and you can also ask them about registering with a practice.

Do I need a doctor?
 

I wouldn't normally do this, but I'm not registered with a local doctor yet and it's nothing serious, and I know there are a couple of real doctors on here (Please don't answer if your experience is based on watching Doogie Howser)....basically my tonsils are massive and I have a lot of green phlegm. Do I need to go see my GP and get some antibiotics or will it clear up on it's own?

See a doctor you idiot! You've got an infection that 'may' clear up on it's own but may also get a lot, lot worse and require drastic action!
May just need some anti-biotics or surgery.

How about some pictures, huh?

Just stay at home and hope it gets better

Or have I just got a cold....it feels like a cold...The point is I am not registered at a doctors here so I would have to go back to my parents, which would mean a day off work. Which I don't really have time for at the moment.

I was under the impression you could just call up any surgery and make an appointment? Registered or not.

For instance, what would happen if you lived in Cornwall and felt ill while on holiday in Newcastle

Maybe you're pregnant.

You can make an emergency appointment which gets you seen with a triage nurse but to see a GP you need to be registered with the practice. At least that's what I was told...

Oh right OK then, didn't know that. To my knowledge I've not been registered with a GP for about 8-9 years then, since I never re-registered anywhere after the place I used to be with closed down.

+1
May be carrying a three some in teh belly

pics so we can diagnose it better, we are all e-doctors here so you're in good hands

Are you still in Hulme? The MRI has a walk-in centre (this is different to A&E). Just go there, then register at the doctors when you next get a chance.

I did not know this. Thanks.

No probs. I think all of the big "county general" hospitals have them now.

YES! See a doctor. NOW.

Is Gnius an antonym for genius?

Things may have changed but oh, 11 year ago I while I was at Uni I also lived with someone in Oxford. I got tonsillitis and rather stupidly didn't get it checked out for a long time the doctor came out on an emergency visit on a Sunday. I also went for a regularly doctor visit after a fall one time that is all while registered in Hertfordshire.

By the way I may not be a doctor and **** I can't even remember the storyline to a single episode of Doogie Howser but I do remember having tonsillitis. By the time I did actually get a doctor to look at it I couldn't hold anything more than water down (I even vomited from Ribena) and I could barely sleep as it would block my airway as soon as I drifted off. If that's what you've got and it might well be get it sorted.

I don't think it's tonsilitis. I've had that when I was a teenager and it was complete hell as you said. I'll go the drop in centre.