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How do you know if it is sore throat or strep throat?
It's called a sore throat because it hurts. If you feel pain in your throat, that is a sore throat.
What would happen if you got strep throat while you had the chickenpox?
If you had strep throat and chickenpox at the same time, you would feel worse than if you had just one. In addition, you'd need antibiotics to reduce the risk of complications from strep throat.
How do you treat strep throat symptoms without a doctor?
Strep throat can be treated without going to the doctor. There will be more discomfort involved in the healing process due to swollen throat or pharyngitis. It will take 4 to 7 days for your immune system to build up antibodies to fight the Streptococcus bacteria that cause strep throat. What you can do to minimize the discomfort is take warm tea with lemon or buy a local anesthetic spray to numb the swollen tonsils. Good luck fighting the bacteria!
Does strep throat disease exist today?
Yes. And for people with asthma, it is a worse type of disease. It counters.
What is worse anorexia or strep throat?
Anorexia is worse than strep throat, by far. Strep throat is (usually) a short term illness that is treated with medication and a doctor's visit. Anorexia is both a physical and mental illness in which the anorexic person believes they are fat and starves themself and overexercises to lose excessive amounts of weight. Anorexia is not always curable, and severe cases require months on end in a hospital or in an outpatient treatment care center. Anorexia can be a lifelong, deadly disease, while we have developed cures and treatment options for strep throat.
You have been on medication for strep throat but it has only gotten worse what should you do?
I would have thought the answer was obvious. You go back to your doctor.
Can you sing with strep throat?
No, During the time you have strep throat, you need to be quiet and rest. You need to go to the doctor to prescribe a antibiotic therapy or for kids, a pink medicine that I don't know the name of. You might be prescribed penicillin also. You could sing but not very great. It is horrible for me to sing after strep throat recovered because you haven't talked for a long time and after strep throat you need to warm up your voice again.
How can you tell if you need your tonsils removed?
AnswerThere may be some swelling, you may get loads of colds. Its best to go to a Dr to get yourself checked out. AnswerBad tonsils can cause bacteria (they are actually a filtering organ) but often children have to have them removed. In the past 15 - 20 years doctors have ceased to remove most children's tonsils, but I disagree (personal opinion) because some children can get constant colds, earaches, sore throats, swollen throats and sleep apnea. When adults have their tonsils out it's a little more traumatic than having them out as a child. It's best to let the doctor diagnose this. It could be something else such as sinus' running down the back of your throat giving you a sore throat, or allergies. I just had mine out, I had Cryptic Tonsil I just found out about 1-2months ago. They can cause infections but nor me or the doctor knows how long I've had Cryptic Tonsil or why I developed them, some people develope them when there born, others later on, but they only diagnosed that when they saw food getting stuck in there (because its holes in the tonsil where food gets stuck, also known as Tonsilitis) I had many throat infections when I was docs never mentioned Cryptic Tonsil, I never heard of them, so I didn't have my tonsils out, and my tonsils never got so big to where I couldn't breath, if they did, then they'd be taken out, but if your having lots of infections, you may have Cryptic Tonsils and no one may know since I guess the only way they can tell is if food is getting stuck in them, and sometimes you can't even see the food when it is stuck in there because there are folds over the tonsils where it can get stuck. I haven't had a throat infection for at least 2 years, but I had them out because they said Cryptic Tonsils only gets worse. Any other way you can tell if you have them, is after you clean your mouth with mouth wash and everything well, take a Q-Tip and gentily swab the tonsil for a few secs, take it out and smell it, if it smells really bad, then you probably have it and should tell the doctor, also check in your throat every time after you eat to see if there is any white stuff back there it would be food.
Will zithromax treat strep throat?
I was just prescribed Bactrim for strep and it was the worse antibiotic I have ever taken. It made me feel worse than I did in the first place. It gave me a severe headache, a tingling sensation in my legs, and a fever. Try to get a Z-pack.
How do you make strep throat worse?
Don't make it worse. The side effects of untreated strep include poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis which is swollen kidneys, scarlet fever, and rheumatic fever. It also involves a really sever sore throat with a fever and pain in the abdominal area. What I recommend is heated up tea with honey or a pain reliever called otc but most importantly drink a ton of fluids and rest a ton.
What is tiger flu?
Tiger Flu is a nickname for a nasty combination of Strep Throat and Influenza A. Sometimes, if you get sick with something like the Flu, your immune system becomes vulnerable and you can quickly contract other things like strep throat. Tiger Flu is only a nickname for a combination of other illnesses. However, it is extremely painful and is described to be worse than the Flu itself.
Does it hurt worse for a girl or boy to get tonsils and adenoids taken out?
It's the same.
