Is strep throat transmitted in the air?

Answer 1

Yes and no. Depends on it's severity that is inside /you/. I and my daughter have pharyngitis... She's 4, I'm 21, and we both caught it, and I was over at my friends the other day and she caught it, but it didn't hit her hard. Make sure to wear a mask at all times when you get this disease. If it's not treated, it will spread in the back of your throat, even along your tongue and on the roof of your mouth. I'm no doctor, but I learned this helpful information from my own doctor. Keep your loved ones safe by wearing a mask if you're going to visit or live in the same house hold as the loved ones or even room mates. Also, here's the confusion everyone seems to get quite often... (I also learned this from my doctor because I thought the same thing..) Pharyngitis is no where near close to being strep. Your throat can be swabbed on a strep test and it'd come back negative. Two different type of bacterial. All it is, is bacteria that accumulates in the back of your throat and if you have tonsils, it can also flare up tonsillitis. My 4 year old has her tonsils and she's got to get them removed asap, sick or not, because it flared her tonsils and they grew 10x bigger than what they were before. Pharyngitis comes in acute stage, or the 'just caught it' stage. It can give you the symptoms a flu bug can give to you. Fevers, body aches, cramps inside your stomach, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, no appetite, runny nose, dehydration... etc etc. Eventually if you cannot push fluids on your own to try and fight off this bacteria, you'll have to go to your doctor, or the emergency room. Emergency room can give you IV and fluids, possible medication such as a pain killer or regular extra strength Tylenol. I was just in the ER yesterday morning and they gave me 2 extra strength Tylenol (1,000Mg), and I couldn't tell you how much that helped me and I didn't know Tylenol could break it! It broke the fever (103.4 was my fever), I broke into a huge cold sweat, and my throat didn't feel like it had razor blades sunk into my upper esophagus. Just remember, the mask, it'll help a lot. Even if you look dorky or weird. But deep down you know if you're out of bed with Pharyngitis, the mask will protect others, too. Also, keep those fingers away from your runny nose. The snot can be irritating and frustrating, but if you fiddle with your nose, that can keep your pharyngitis to continue. Not going away. Use hand sanitizer and wash your hands repeatedly if your fingers go anywhere near your lips, mouth, and nose. Hope this helped.

Answer 2

yes strept throat is airborn. it can be caught by coughing or sneezing. also by drinking/eating after people and kissing.

Answer 3

When you cough and sneeze. There are thousands of droplets with millions of bacteria come out.

Answer 4

Yes. The strep throat is air borne infection.

Answer 5

Strep is an airborne pathogen.