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Child has white stripes on tonsils and sore throat when swallows low grade fever & headache 1 day no fever next day, can it be strep?

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Maybe: The majority of these are viral. Strep usually begins with significant & persistent fever. The only way to know for sure is to have a strep test done.

Answered 3/25/2019

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