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2006-02-15 10:31 AM

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Subject: strep throat

Anyone know the incubation for strep? When are you contagious? Just found out my daughter has strep and I've been feeling like crap for 4-5 days and have a long race this weekend - trying to figure out if a preemptive visit to the doc would be worth my time.

2006-02-15 10:42 AM
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2-5 days
2006-02-15 12:46 PM
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Subject: RE: strep throat
Strep throat symptoms are usually fever & very sore throat and nothing else. No cough, sniffles, runny nose, sinus pain, etc. Strep throat needs antibiotics, not for the sore throat , but to prevent rheumatic fever which can folllow strep throat if untreated and cause heart valve damage. That's why doctors test for strep throat with swabs and cultures. The antibiotics don't do much to shorten the course of the illness though or help you feel better, but they do provide a great pshychological boost when you know it's strep and your being treated.

If your throat doesn't hurt, I wouldn't bother going to the doctor. If it does hurt, call him up, say "My daughters got strep, I have a sore throat, can you call in a prescription?"

Many people are carriers of the bacteria without being infected, so a throat culture without a sore throat doesn't mean much if it's positive.

Hope those random facts help.
2006-02-15 1:37 PM
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Subject: RE: strep throat

To keep from getting a full blown illness or shorten the duration of what you do get:

1) Hydrate like a madman. The goal is to drink enough so your peeing clear, roughly once an hour while you're awake....back off a little a few hours before you go to bed

2) Get some AIRBORNE tablets and add one to water about every three hours.

3) Get a full nights sleep every night until you're in the clear (3-5 days)

I am exposed to all kinds of viral and bacterial illnesses daily. When I feel something coming on I do the above. Can't remember the last time I was actually sick.

My kid's on the couch with a bucket today and the ER is pretty full.

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