My mouth feel dry and it is hard to eat and drink anything except water and I am coughing up brown mucous.  This has been going on for four days now. Yesterday I let my coworker know about the brown mucous and they said I may have an infection. Then they looked in my mouth and saw that my uvula and tonsils were red and swollen. Do you know what could possibly be wrong with me and ways I can treat it.
Hi. Thanks for the query. Red and swollen uvula and tonsils along with coughing up of brown mucous are a sign of throat infection causing TONSILLITIS and UVEITIS. It can be either due to bacterial or viral infection leading to inflammation of throat and bleeding can occur in throat which Chat Doctor. . You should not worry and star taking AZITHROMYCIN 500 mg once a day for 5 days. Take IBUPROFEN 400 mg thrice a day for reducing pain and inflammation. Chew a vitamin C pellet daily. Do warm saline gargles at least 3 to 4 times a day. Take a soft diet. Avoid spicy and hard foods.