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How does taking antibiotics to treat strep throat prevent rheumatic fever if the body has already release antibodies before treatment started?

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Timing: There is a period of time during which the antibody response has not reached a level that RF would be triggered. Studies suggest you have up to 10 days from first fever to start abx before the trouble would start.It is likely 5 days for the kidney damage sometimes associated with strep. Consider it a near miss.

Answered 11/28/2017

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