| I'd go to a different doctor, and I doubt it's strep because that's a quick test now, like 10 minutes and it's usually the first thing doctors look for with sore throats. Also, does she spend time with children? Because last summer I worked as a camp counselor and sure enough I got bumps on my throat that I'd never had before, when the doc found them she was like, "do you spend time with kids and when I said 'yes' she was like, 'well there you go.' But again, I'd see a different doctor, maybe even an ear/throat specialist who can run some more tests and be a bit more thorough...no one on here's a doctor, and I wouldn't necessarily make the leap to herpes that's a bit extreme-bumps on the throat could be a number of things.... | 
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