I know when I had it, it wouldn't go away until I took antibiotics. I tried to wait it out the first time I got it (because I didn't know that's what it was), but after a week it was worse than ever.
That's awful.lol this guy is whacked.
Back on the topic, the worst illness I can remember was when I was 14 I had viral pneumonia, bronchitis and strep throat at the same time. Two weeks feeling like I had a rubber ball spiked with needles in my throat, and the slightest movement (swallowing or coughing for example) was sheer agony.