<s>[INST] knots on the right side of my neck I was seen at the er two nights ago with a high fever extreme body aches chills sore throat and stiff neck. however I was not checked for anything but told I had bronchitis. my question now is could I have strep throat or even something else. my throat is completely covered with brown bloody thick mucus and bumps on the back of my tongue and it s all white and green and brownish...also another concern is as of yesterday I noticed little dime size lumps or knots that go down the right side of my neck. it starts behind my ear on the back of my neck and comes towards the front...all in a line [/INST] Hi, dairy have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. You have upper respiratory tract infection. So your fever, weaknesses and sore throat are due to that. You may have cervical lymph node enlargement due to your infection.  It leads to reactive hyperplasia of lymph node.  No need to worry should take a course of antibiotics like azithromycin, anti histamines and paracetamol according to your doctors' advice. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using Chat Doctor. Wish you a very good health. </s>