A woman who was prescribed antibiotics for tonsillitis after getting a sore throat ended up learning she had a rare form of leukemia. Rowan Bland, 28, began feeling run down and developed a sore throat in February 2025, which was diagnosed as tonsillitis. But antibiotics didn’t work, and she began to develop random bruises as … Read more
A dad-of-one died just 24 hours after a bungling doctor refused to send him to ER – telling him he had tonsillitis. Michael Reynolds, 29, was told to rest after he initially went to his GP complaining of a sore and swollen throat. He was sent home with a steroid nasal spray, but when his … Read more
Using the internet to self-diagnose isn’t usually recommended, but the move may have saved one young British mother’s life. Chloe-Leigh Todd, 22, said she started experiencing throat soreness, vomiting, night sweats, and weight loss in February 2020. She claims a doctor diagnosed her with tonsillitis by telephone four months later, but Todd doubted that opinion. … Read more