Strep Throat - How To Tell

If you notice a red, sore throat, with swollen neckcourse! Your doctor will swab your throat to test for
lymph nodes, a fever, headache, and white spots onthe bacterium culture, or for a rapid strep test. This
your tonsils, then you probably have what is knownprocess can be done in the doctors office, and only
as strep throat. In childrens cases, it can causetakes 5 to 10 minutes. If the original tests come back
abdominal pain, nausea, and even vomiting.negative, then a second "follow - up culture" test
Symptoms such as a stuffy nose, sneezing, andmay take place. This can take up to 2 days for
coughing, which are common for colds, are notresults. If you are taking medication, and both tests
generally seen in the case of strep throat.If harshare negative for strep, discontinue use of the
symptoms do not arise, and you are untreated, youantibiotics, as this may suggest that you have a viral
could be infecting people in your surroundings for theinfection and need to be treated properly.Feel free to
first 2 to 3 weeks of contraction. After a treatmentreprint this article as long as you keep the article, this
has begun, however, you are only contageous forcaption and author biography in tact with all
the next 24 to 28 hours. Generally, you contracthyperlinks.
strep throat through a bacterium that is spread by
close contact to an infected person. In some casesTyler Brooker is the owner and operator of The
you can get the virus through contaminatedThroat Authority - which is the best site on the
food.How do you know for sure? The doctor ofinternet for all throat related information.