Strep Throat
Strep throat is a contagious disease caused by the Streptococci bacteria. It is most common among kids and teens. All questions concerning symptoms, treatments and contraction can be found here.
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PowerishYou should go to a Dr to get antibiotics but you can gargle warm salt water but with out antibiotics it can get more serious
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Strep throat is contagious for as long as it is untreated. If an individual has strep throat for three weeks, untreated, then...
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Strep throat is caused by Group A Streptococcus bacteria. It is the most common bacterial infection of the throat. Now that I...
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Yes. Many diseases can heal on their own thanks to the human immune system. Don't believe the lies of modern medicine!
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You can get strep throat when bacteria enters your body through your bloodstream or any other part of the body. It's a bacterial...
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You can most definitely give someone strep. You need to be under medication for 24 hours before you are no longer contagious. You...
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Yes a severe sore throat could be strep throat, even without any visible marks or patches on the throat or tongue. I have tested...
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no they can't, But dogs can carry it but not get it themselves
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Strep throat primarily affects children, especially those between the ages of five and 15. Adults whose immune systems have been...
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Yes, tetracycline has been shown to be effective as a broad spectrum antibiotic that works well against many strains of...
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Tetracycline is NOT a good drug for strep throat. Many of the strains of strep are resistant to it, perhaps as many as 50%.
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I would like to know the same thing. Recently, my children and I moved into my grandmothers "abandoned" home for lack of a better...
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no, cipro has unreliable strep coverage. i wouldn't count on it.
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you spelled it right. I am doing a research paper for strep, and the full name is Streptococcus. :]Or do you mean spell it in...
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Refer to this link http://cid-d021de92b4bdb09f.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D021DE92B4BDB09F!258.entry which posted by Thai...
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strep throat is a bacterial infection most commonly cured with antibiotics.
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It depends on whether your taking medicine to help get rid of it, or your just letting it go it's course. With medicine, the pain...
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Yes you can. My tonsils were removes when I was 5. I'm 17 now and got strep throat for the first time since, I thought it was...
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in northern europpe
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Yes strep throat is deadly, the infamous coughing fits can cause suffocation, killing a person in minutes. Hacking up excessive ...
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No, Strep throat usually isn't dry but occasionally it will be but having a sore,dry throat might be drainage in your throat. I...
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Cell-food looks to me to be more like hype designed to SELL-food than to kill strep throat or provide any other true &...
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Try something nice and warm, but not hot, like tea with squirts of lemon, or chicken broth. Don't eat ice-cream because it coats...
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usually strep throat lasts up to 10 to 14 days, depending on your antibiotic
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you can just not as many times as normaly
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Gargling with saltwater every hour or so was a very popular method. And is still a very good way of dealing with it.
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When one has a disease that the immune system is currently fighting against (strep throat), the other immune defenses are...
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Yes it can cause facial swelling.
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around winter in the year is when strep throat is found
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About 1 week. Symptoms can last for 2-5 days. Best way to treat is a tablespoon of honey and 2 teaspoons of lemon juice. Strep is...
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There are three tests that can tell if you have strep throat. They are a throat culture, a rapid antigen test, and a rapid DNA...
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I am pretty sure that you are contagious for 24 hours after your first dose.
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The same way we do... virus! WOOOOW
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i actually have it now, what happens is 1. your throat hurts 2.you might have a fever and you might not 3.your tonsils are red...
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way to many people have had strep throat
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Historic origins are hard to find, though it has been around since the early 5th century BC, and was taken off the list of...
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A child who has strep throat will have a sore throat, will often vomit and complain of headache or abdominal pain for several...
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You might be thinking of mono, but yea if the person you are kissing has strep throat is a possibility you will get it too.
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yes 500mg on a three times a day dosing regimen x 5 days is sufficient even from strep pyogenes driven pharyngitis dm do
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The only way to know for sure (and to treat) strep is to go to a doctor, however if you see white blotches in the back of your...
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10 days, usually
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Gargle with salty water every hour while you have a sore throat.
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Strep throat and Tuberculosis both cause damage to the human body. Both cause fevers and not very pleasing sidefects. However...
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On average, about 5,623,780 people die from strep throat a year. This is about 0.0827743619% of the world population.
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yes strept throat is airborn. it can be caught by coughing or sneezing. also by drinking/eating after people and kissing.
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You are probably a carier of the bacteria that causes strep throat infection. Go see your doc when you are healthy and get...
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Zovirax (Acyclovir) is an antiviral, typically used for cold sores, herpes infection, shingles, and sometimes chickenpox. Strep...
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well all ages get strep throat...you are more likely to get this illness if your a child, because your not as safe with the...
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Unfortuntely tonsils do have the possibility of growing back, but strep affects the tonsils AND throat.
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group A streptococcus
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This would be the beta group
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Yes, you can take Levaquin for strep. It is not the antibiotic of choice for strep throat. Penicillin or Macrolides are first and...
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Yes. And for people with asthma, it is a worse type of disease. It counters.
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Cephalexin is commonly used to treat strep throat.
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He discovered it in 1904
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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...
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I think you can, just because your immune system can start to fight off the bacteria, but when your white cells become slightly...
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becuz the body is beast duhh!
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Yes and it can get infected and posably kill u.......... JK
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First of all, did you pick up a prescription??? (probably amoxicillin or penicillin) Hot tea and chicken noodle soup will help...
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These are some things that helped for me! Gargle with warm salt water to help reduce swelling and relieve discomfort: Gargle...
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throat pain, difficulty swallowing, red and swollen tonsils, sometimes with white watches, tiny red spots on the back roof of...
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A person found it in the 18th century
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It is possible, but not likely.
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Justin Biebers email is doctor.bieber41@gmail.com I heard it's his fan email
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yes you can.
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ok, he is what you have to do................. you go to the docters, and say "HEY U THERE, HEY U THERE U THERE, EYYY U THERE,...
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If treated with a penicillin-like drug, usually only 2-3 days.
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Gargle some salt water. Take in only a little sip at a time, gargle, and spit it out. the saltier the better but don't make it...
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Strep is an airborne pathogen.
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The cell that causes strep throat is a bacteria by the name of streptocacas.
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A physician who suspects strep throat (sore throat and fever) recommends a rapid strep test, which involves removal of specimen...
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A severe throat condition in which it is very contagius
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Yes. It can be used to treat many types of infections including those that affect the throat.
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Before being treated and up to 24 hours after beginning treatment with antibiotics.
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it could turn into something more serious like rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, tonsillitis, sinus infection, ear infection or...
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you should contact your dr ..
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Gargle with salty water every hour and a half until you are satisfied that it is under control.
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The Streptococcus bacterium causes strep throat.
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Yes you can drink coffee when you have strep throat.
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Yes, it is okay to swim while having strep throat as long as you feel good enough to do it and your throat doesn't start hurting...
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I have been told by a trusted medically experienced person that it is amoxycillan
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Other than getting antibiotics, I have been advised by doctors to gargle salt water. The science behind it is that the salt...
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Yes azithromycin will cure strep throat
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strept throat is transmitted primarily through?
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