Strep Throat or Wisdom teeth?

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Looking for others who have had experiences with their wisdom teeth...Mine are still all under the skin except in a few places here and there where they poke out a little bit.

Lately I have had a severe severe sore throat and when I brush my teeth, at the back of my throat I end up spitting up little gobs of blood...based on research, this might be due to a stressed blood vessel at the back of my throat...but I am also wondering if it has to do with my wisdom teeth acting up and cutting through the skin.
The sore throat seemed to start at one of my tonsils, but has since moved to the roof of my mouth, right around the area where my wisdom tooth lumps are...

Please don't bother telling me to go to a doctor..I am uninsured and live in America and the only way I could afford it is if I had to go to the emergency room for a life threatening situation....I have also been having this ear drainage issue...so maybe it isn't wisdom teeth...though my whole mouth seems inflamed in one way or another....it is very uncomfortable.

You really need to see a doctor. Untreated strep, it could even be mono, can easily get out of control. It may even be possible that you have an infection in your wisdom teeth. I have had a case of strep that got really bad and an infected wisdom tooth. Both things are nothing to fool around with.

I have to agree with Metal_Man. Being uninsured is unpleasant, but your situation could quickly become severe (and more costly). I had my wisdom teeth out when I was in high school, since I had no choice. But I was used to having teeth pulled, since I had way too many in my mouth, including one that grew in to replace an adult tooth.

The wisdom teeth won't fall out on their own; they'll need to be removed. Meanwhile, it sounds like they're just going to create more and more problems, from strep to opportunistic infections, possibly even abscesses or worse. Hope you'll reconsider seeing a doctor.