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My throat hurts like heck and need some solutions!?
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Time: Most sore throats are due to viral infections that won't respond to antibiotics, just time. Use centor criteria to determine if more likely to have strep throat that does respond to antibiotics. If not sure, we use rapid strep test +/- throat culture.
Answered 8/17/2013
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