A 45-year-old member asked:
exposed to strep throat and pregnant! i think i have it but im not quite sure. what are the symptons?
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Get evaluated now: Sxs of strep throat can include: large, red painful tonsils with white exudates; small red dots on roof of the mouth; swollen lymph nodes on the neck; fever, headache, rash, difficulty swallowing, fatigue & rash. Complications can include infection of middle ear, sinuses, tonsils, skin & blood; scarlet fever, inflammation of the kidney (glomerulonephritis) & eventually rheumatic fever. Get seen.
Answered on Dec 10, 2013
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