Hey Roman, sorry about your situation, but let me tell you my situation its a bit different, i developed this dryness in my throat mid December and ntil now hasn't stop, thinking I got some std symptoms, i started to panic, i took 6 blood test you can imagine the stress panic and anxiety attack, but all of them are negative thank God, other symptom is my right ear its slightly clogged no pain, the dryness of my throat it gets worse at night on my right side right where my tongue starts and feels like its very sticky, went to throat specialist 7 ago said i got gerd, taking medication since and no result, 3 days back i notice a small bump in the back wall of my throat right behind uvula, went to urgent care, dr. Said its do to irritation and did a strep quick test he said i got strep throat, i saw the kit result but i couldn't see positive result I think he just said that and wants me out of there lol, anyway so prescribed antibiotics and still no good result, anyway i hope you feel better now and please share your outcome or results so i can follow ur treatment it will be appreciated, thank you.