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[quote=Anonymous]As a child and teen I used to have to get throat cultures several times a year, I was always getting bad sore throats with puss all over my tonsils.  Interestingly I never once had strep.  I hated the throat cultures and developed a phobia about them, which I still have.

As a young adult I still got these sore throats until I was about 22.  I could not deal with the throat cultures.  I used to pull the swab back out inadvertently because I would gag so much.  What I started doing to help me get through the throat cultures was to get some of the cholorseptic throat numbing spray and spray it into my throat before the throat culture.  Then I wouldn't gag.  It seemed to work great to solve my problem.  Now I'm not sure if there is anything in the chloroseptic that could cause the strep test to be invalidated.  I would ask about that, but if not it might be worth trying.  Another thought is to suck on ice cubes before the culture so that would numb the throat somewhat, maybe it would dull the gag reflex a bit and make it more tolerable.

Good luck.  Throat cultures are horrible.[/quote]

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