Age 21, weight 140 lbs, duration 8 days, medical history none, current meds none.

Im from the UK. For over a week now ive had painful swallowing and very hard swollen lymph nodes in my neck on both sides. This is not a sore throat in the way you get with a cold/flu, it is like a pain from pressure rather than dryness.

I have had no fever this whole time, and the pain has gotten no worse and no better across the 8 days. Nothing seems to be changing which is what is worrying me..

Went to doc once, they said its not bacterial as there are no white spots on inside of my throat so just sent me away. But nothing is getting better so im worried.

Only other thing to mention is 3 days before the symptoms started i had unprotected sex with an 18yo female from the UK although I think this is unrelated due to the very short time between that and symptoms??

Is this something to worry about, could a viral infection last this long and not be the flu/cold? Should i get antibiotics? Could it be an Std? Or maybe glandular fever?

Thanks