A member asked:

Took care of sick kids last week w viral sore throat. i got little sore throat no fever. now hubby is sick with same symptoms as kids. am i at risk ?

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Dr. Franklyn Gergits answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Virus exposure: Greetings. It sounds like you may have been the carrier of the virus from the sick kids into your home to your family. This is the common spread of a viral infection. It looks like you had a mild case and your husband developed more symptoms. Are you more at risk, that's hard to say with this limited information. Things that may play a role would be your overall health, medications, sleep .......

Answered 7/10/2015

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