How can you treat strep throat during the first trimester?

Answer 1

Strep is one of the most contagious bacterial illnesses, especially in children. First, a child's ear-throat structures are different than an adult's, making children more susceptible to strep throat infections. Second, children's habits of touching their mouths, then touching objects, only help to spread strep. As well, children who are actively sneezing and coughing can infect an entire room of children and their adult caregivers.

So if your child is prone to ear and throat infections, take some basic steps now. First, teach your child to keep their fingers out of / away from their mouths. Second, teach children to sneeze or cough only into their elbow, covering the mouth and nose. Teach kids how to blow the nose and how to dispose of used tissues. Teach them to not share drinking glasses, to never kiss other children or non-family adults on the mouth, and to wash their own hands frequently.

Once your child is sick, see a doctor immediately. Antibiotics is the only thing that can kill the streptococcus bacteria.

As well, do more frequent cleaning. Include doorknobs, table and counter tops, toys, telephones, remote controls, game stations, etc. If your child can touch it, the object can have strep transferred to it. If your child can sneeze or cough on an object, it needs cleaned. Don't overdo it; we can never make our homes germ free. But do clean during active stages of illness, at minimum.

Answer 2

Strep throat is a bacterial infection, not a virus like the common cold and flu. Your body cannot get rid of it on its own. You need antibiotics from your doctor to make it go away.

If it is not treated properly, strep throat can be very, very serious -- even fatal -- so you MUST see a doctor right away. You CANNOT make it go away on your own. You need antibiotics, and to get antibiotics, you have to see a doctor.

Answer 3

Tablet penicillin V 250 mg three times a day for 10 days or if patient is allergic to it then tablet Azithromycin 500 once a day for three days and then 250 mg once a day for next 5 days will cure the strep throat. Both are safe in first trimester of pregnancy.

Answer 4

Penicillin V is the drug of choice for strep throat. You have to give treatment for ten days. If you give treatment for shorter duration, you may land up in not getting cured of the disease. You may get rheumatic fever after three weeks. The usual dose is penicillin V 250 mg three times a day for ten days. Two times a day can do. But if patient forgets one dose, it becomes once a day. That is not enough. So wise physician prefer to give dose three times a day.If patient is allergic to penicillin, the drug of choice is erythromycin. It has to be given three times a day for ten days. I prefer to give tab azithromycin. 250 mg to 500 mg once a day for 9 days should do. Depending on the weight of the patient. The blood level will last for ten days. As the half life of the drug is long.

Answer 5

Tablet penicillin V 250 mg three times a day for 10 days or if patient is allergic to it then tablet Azithromycin 500 once a day for three days and then 250 mg once a day for next five to six days will cure the strep throat. Both are safe in first trimester of pregnancy.

Answer 6

You have to take tablet penicillin V 250 mg three times a day for ten days. No treatment or incomplete treatment may lead to rheumatic fever.

Answer 7

The fastest way is to get an antibiotic prescribed by your doctor, who can diagnose strep throat, as distinguished from other forms of irritation.

Answer 8

You have to take tablet penicillin 250 mg three times a day for ten days. Incomplete treatment may lead to rheumatic fever.