The sore throat is the first cold/flu like symptom.
If you have a bad sore throat it is ussually the start of a virus ie 'cold' or 'flu' etc.
The reason you get a sore throat is because the virus attacks the body at its weakest point, the receptors where the virus can attack and the body is most vulnerable are located within the throat...how convenient seeing as flu/cold virus' are transported via droplet infection or airborne vapour etc. So you breath in vapour and the virus in the vapour enters your throat and attacks the lining of the throat which contains receptors that are vulnerable to the virus.
The sore throat is essentially telling you that youve just caught a virus! The cold/flu like symptoms afterwards that occur can last certain amounts of time depending on what virus strain etc it is youve been attacked by and also how good your immune system is.
Also, whilst you have a sore throat, if you feel you have like a ball in the back of your throat then itll be your sinus' inflamed, so expect a very long drawn out fuker of a cold. Theres not much you can do to get rid of the symptoms except obviously wait it out, try paracetamol to aleviate symptoms or echinacea is quite good to try at the very begining of symptoms, theres not much scientific evidence but a lot of people swear by it.
Just thought id post a few facts and home truths about the virus' that give cold/flu like symptoms.
Alternatively you could be lucky and it might just be a minor sore throat or dry throat...youll know in the next 24 hrs though because if that lump develops and your sinus' are inflamed then expect a real fuker of a cold unfortunately.
You are most contageous whilst you have the sore throat aswell...the virus is still active in your body right now, so uf you go to the gym etc then chances are when your breathing and sweating around others who are aswell, youre going to give them your cold/flu as well from vapour/droplet infection...when the actual runny nose and streaming eyes start thats when you arent infectious particularly because the virus has already left...your body is just left with symptoms.
Anyway, maybe it wont come to that, might just be a minor sore throat
