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A member asked:

I have had sore throat and ear pain for a couple of days. is their anything natural i can take???

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You have time: If this is really strep you have 9-10 days from the beginning of symptoms to start the antibiotics that will prevent rheumatic fever. If it is not really strep, antibiotics wouldn't help anyway.There is no "natural" treatment that removes the risk of heart/brain or kidney damage from strep.

Dr Cremers agreed

Answered 8/28/2016

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