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B.C. asks from Carterville, MO on August 19, 2011

Go to Urgent Care or Tough It Out?

I am terrible about going to the Doctor when it comes to my own health. I started feeling run down a few days ago but chalked it up to me returning to work. Then the day before my throat was sore and I told myself, I am just not used to raising my voice in a gymnasium full of children. Now I feel like death warmed over, my throat is killing me, my ears feel like they are going to rupture and I am running 102.4....do I go into Urgent Care over the weekend? Or wait and see how I feel Monday and possibly miss Monday work?

**** Went to Urgent Care today, they did not do a strep test but said it was definitely an infection, all they did was look at my throat and ears. I am on an antibiotic and was told I am safe to return to work on Monday = ) Hoping I feel like Me again by then! = )

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Now that I am around the little "germ factories" is there anything I can start taking to boost my immune system?
Alex ( 4 yr old ) is starting to shnuffle : ( Hoping I do not give it to everyone in the house. Fever just started tonight, loaded up on acetiminphen and headed to bed. Thanks moms....I kind of figured I needed to go but I sure didn't want to : (
Went to Urgent Care today, they did not do a strep test but told me I definitely had an infection after looking in my ears and seeing my throat, on an antibiotic and hopefully I feel like ME by Monday = )

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A.K. answers from Phoenix on August 19, 2011

I would go ( well, actually *I* wouldn't go & end up being miserable by Mon.) Anyway, you probably have an infection and the sooner you get some meds, the sooner you will feel better. You could be feeling better by Mon., instead of still sick.

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J.L. answers from Minneapolis on August 20, 2011

Hopefully by now you went in. If not, I say if you gotta ask, then you're probably doing pretty bad and should go in. Strep by the way is nothing to mess with. Especially if you're around young children or the elderly. For that reason alone, I'd go in.

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D.K. answers from Sioux City on August 19, 2011

Go to urgent care. One day on antibiotic and you will feel like a new women.

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D.P. answers from Minneapolis on August 19, 2011

Go to doc. Sounds like you work around kids and I know we have had strep going around here.

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M.S. answers from Portland on August 19, 2011

Go to the doc. You have a little one at home and if your body is fighting something that much, then it could be contagious or bacteria, and if it is, then you need to get better sooner rather than later. Don't think of it as taking care of you, think of it as protecting your little one if you need to. Good luck and feel better!!

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A.K. answers from Phoenix on August 19, 2011

I would go ( well, actually *I* wouldn't go & end up being miserable by Mon.) Anyway, you probably have an infection and the sooner you get some meds, the sooner you will feel better. You could be feeling better by Mon., instead of still sick.

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V.S. answers from Lima on August 19, 2011

LOL GO TO URGENT CARE! You probably have like strep throat or something which is highly contagious. If you go to Urgent Care over the weekend, you'll probably get an antibiotic and it will allow your body to get rid of the bacteria in your system (antibiotics take about 24 hours to start taking effect). Then you could possibly get to work Monday and not miss. Trust me! I myself have been to Urgent Care (well with my kids more than myself) and they charge about the same amount as the doctor's office.

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B.C. answers from Los Angeles on August 19, 2011

Go to urgent care. If it is nothing, then you wasted money enough to go out to dinner. If it is something, your family won't miss going out to dinner. They'd rather have you healthy and happy.

Get well soon. Good luck to you and yours.

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R.K. answers from Boston on August 19, 2011

I'd go. If you have strep throat the sooner you start antibiotics the sooner you will be ok to return to work.

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R.C. answers from Phoenix on August 19, 2011

Urgent Care. Don't waste the weekend that you could be recuperating feeling miserable. Midwife Mom

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D.B. answers from Charlotte on August 19, 2011

B., I wouldn't wait. I'd go to urgent care at least by tomorrow morning. If you get some antibiotics in you (which it sounds like you need unless you actually have the flu), you might be well enough to go to work. If you wait til Monday and are still really sick, you'll miss more than Monday. Going to the doctor will give you a chance to not miss as much work.

Get better soon!
D.

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K.J. answers from Chicago on August 19, 2011

urgent care or a Walgreens/CVS clinic

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J.W. answers from St. Louis on August 19, 2011

Can't you call your internist on call. If he thinks it is serious he will either call in a scrip or send you to urgent care.

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A.M. answers from Dallas on August 19, 2011

Definitely go to the urgent care and get a steroid shot and a zpac going tomorrow. That way you'll feel better sooner. Otherwise, you'll just be miserable longer!

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C.O. answers from Washington DC on August 19, 2011

if this has been going on for more than 48 hours - go to urgent care...especially with an ongoing fever...

GOOD LUCK!!

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C.W. answers from Washington DC on August 19, 2011

depends. If you think it is strep or a sinus infection, go to urgent care for antibiotics, if it wasn't strep, I would just wait it out because they can't do anything for a virus. But I am one of those people that just doesn't rush out to the doc unless there is something I think they can do, because usually they just send me home empty handed. there is a lot of nasty things going around right now and I am sure being near kids isn't helping you. I would take some tylenol and see if it helps with the fever.

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S.M. answers from Kansas City on August 19, 2011

Lot's of vitamin c, airborne tablets that fizz in water, echinacea, lots of water, veggies, great diet, extra hand washing of course, and time. Your body will struggle through and adapt just like our children have to when they start daycare.

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L.M. answers from Dover on August 19, 2011

See how you feel tomorrow and then maybe go to urgent care.

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K.. answers from Phoenix on August 20, 2011

If you work in a school, you need to stop ignoring it & go to the doctor.

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R.A. answers from Providence on August 20, 2011

Yes, go to Urgent Care, now. Best to avoid any further complications, as well as infecting others. Strep is contagious, and leads to a lot of complications if you don't get it treated with antibiotics.
Vitamin C, Echinacea, washing hands, Zinc, area all helpful in minimizing colds/or preventing them.

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K.E. answers from Denver on August 20, 2011

that sounds like strep and it's nasty and nothing to play around with - get thee to a doctor immediately.

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J.L. answers from Minneapolis on August 20, 2011

Hopefully by now you went in. If not, I say if you gotta ask, then you're probably doing pretty bad and should go in. Strep by the way is nothing to mess with. Especially if you're around young children or the elderly. For that reason alone, I'd go in.

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