Could this be strep ?

[mmathewes]

Two of my children had strep recently. They had it over 2 weeks apart which is apparently unusual. However now a couple of weeks later my throat is killing me. In particular it's just my right tonsil, not both. I am taking echinacea tincture almost every hour starting last night. Actually it did this for a half day a few days ago and then went away after the garlic and echinacea. But it started back up last night. My tonsil hurts really bad unless I take echinacea and raw garlic. The pain goes away after the garlic and echinacea and then returns again after a while. It's just not going away like it did last time. I'm trying to stay on top of the echinacea. I thought I remember Susun Weed saying to take it every hour once you get sick. I really don't want to go to the Dr. Besides not having insurance I don't want to take an abx. 

Does this even sound like strep though? I have no fever. What else could it be? I've never heard of "random virus that causes pain in one tonsil" either. 

[lindberg99]

Do you have pus in your throat? I had strep this winter and I never had a fever. I had red spots on the roof of my mouth and down my throat and pus around my tonsils. My throat was so sore that I couldn't sleep and was having trouble eating.