19. Stay Away From Anything Sweet
Source: https://www.sweetdefeat.com
When you have a sore throat, all that redness, pain and inflammation is just no fun. But there is nothing like some chocolate and candy to make it even worse, which is why as kids our moms forced us to drink tons of water after having something sweet so it wouldn’t get stuck in our throats and end up being the cause of a painful sore throat. Although there are some cases where swallowing anything at all is painful, you still have to intake something to keep your energy up. Just make sure that it isn’t anything sweet or it will just make your sore throat stay longer, or possibly even get worse.