A 48-year-old member asked:
What are the strep vs other sore throat symptoms?
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Dr. Jeffrey Juchauanswered
Family Medicine 35 years experience
Positive Strep Test: Strep throat usually occurs rapidly with severe achiness, swollen tonsils, puss on the tonsils, swollen lymph nodes in the neck and fevers < 101. There is usually no runny nose, congestion, cough, nausea or vomiting. Sometimes the patient's throat is so sore they can almost not swallow. A regular sore throat is milder with runny nose, cough, lower fever and less achiness. A strep test/culture is +.
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Dr. BERT W WINTERHOLLERanswered
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 46 years experience
Throat culture strep: Strep throat is characterized by intensely sore multiple circular or ovoid ulcerations of the lining of the throat and/or tonsils that may or may not coalesce into larger erosive ulcerations. Swallowing food, liquids and even saliva is excruciatingly painful. Because it is a bacterial infection is is almost always accompanied by a fever greater than 101 degrees, malaise and loss of appetite.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
What to do if I have very bad strep and a sore throat?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Streph Throat: If you have Strep Throat, antibiotic therapy is imperative to prevent future complications. Consider Tylenol (acetaminophen) or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications. Saltwater gargles: Mix 1 tsp salt in 8 oz warm water – gargle several times a day. Can gargle with Aloe Vera juice twice a day.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
What distinguishes a sore throat from strep?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Medical test: For significant sore throat with swollen tonsils / lymph nodes – see physician & get a strep throat test. If you have streph throat, antibiotic therapy is imperative to prevent future compications. Sxs of strep throat can include: large, red painful tonsils with white exudates; small red dots on the roof of the mouth; swollen lymph nodes on the neck; fever, headache, rash & difficulty swallowing.
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