Strep Infections: Preschooler
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My Sons Positive Strep Throat Culture
Asked by T.R. from Evansville
on August 31, 2007
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Hi, My Dr. Just called me to let me knoe the strep throat culture they did came back positvie for him. I guess this means that he is a strep carrier at least in his th...
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- Yes, this is not as uncommon as you might think. We just had to have our sons tonsils and adnoids out, it wasn't the most pleasant experiences with a 4 year old, but i...
- Oh my, I feel for you hon. I grew up having strep throat at least once a month. It's not fun. My kids have had it a few times as well. Something that helped with m...
- My children used to get that atleast 8 times a year and we were constantly at the dr. office and on medications until I took them in one time to a different dr. in the...
Strep Throat
Asked by B.T. from Minneapolis
on May 27, 2010
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My son has not had a problem with frequent strep throat but he caught it about a month ago or so and we can not get reed of it.
he is going on his 4th antibiotic and ...
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- A friend of mine has an 8 yr old that if he tested every time he went to the doc, it would be positive for strep, but he never has any symptoms. They do not treat un...
- My daughter had the same situation this winter. She was put on Amox. twice, the Z-Pack, and another antibiotic that I don't remember the name. Then we went to an ENT a...
- Also, make sure you also disinfect his toys. I remember not doing that after my kids had thrush and they got it back. It is also amazing how big of a difference havi...
Strep Throat After Ear Tubes and Having Adenoids Removed
Asked by T.A. from New York
on September 16, 2009
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After numerous ear infections, my then 6 year old daughter, Marti, had tubes put in in June of '08. Those tubes were replaced, in March of '09 (because they were clog...
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- Dear T., My son had constant ear infections almost from birth. He had tubes and adnoids removed at 20 months. When he entered pre-school he had strepp and gets it...
- I know exactly how you feel my daughter who is now 20 years old went though something similar but she was younger. At one she had tubes and that seemed to work. She th...
- Hi T.- sorry to hear you are going through this. I feel your pain! My now 5 year old son had his adenoids out and ear tubes in over a year ago because of recurring s...
Information on Repetitive Strep Throat Needed
Asked by M.G. from Oklahoma City
on February 7, 2009
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My son has strep throat for the 4th time since NOvember. We get about two weeks in between and then he gets it again. He is on a new round of penicillin and we are g...
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- I had mine taken out at about 3, that was about 75 years ago. I know as a mother you do not like the idea of having him go under the knife at such a young age but not ...
- My son had strep throat a lot. This all happen when he was 3. It all started in Oct 05. From Oct 05 to April 06 he had strp throat 7 time. In Feb he had strep thor...
- We actually went through this same thing, except my son was 2 when we dealt with it. He had strep 6 times in 5 months for the 2nd year in a row. We saw an ENT speciali...
Reoccuring Strep Throat and Having Tonsils Removed
Asked by C. from Johnson City
on February 12, 2008
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Hi all - I have a 5 y/o son who has had strep 4 times since August. The last time he was diagnosed with it, we were referred to an ENT. I guess for the possibility of ...
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- My son was 6. He has strep for 6 weeks. Finally i asked what was the other alts. His dr said to remove tonsils and adenoids. Well we went to see the dr about it and he...
- Hi C., The only thing I can say about getting a person's tonsils removed is... My husband had his removed as a child. And it seems he gets sick more often because o...
- Removing the tonsils will not prevent strep.
Exposed My 11 Month Old to Strep Throat, Help!
Asked by M.A. from Seattle
on February 10, 2010
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I unknowingly exposed my 11 month old son to strep throat. I found out this evening that I have strep throat and am really worried that my 11 month old son will get it...
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- The only way to differentiate between teething/cold and strep is with a culture. untreated strep is very serious and can result in serious illnesses such as infectio...
- I think you might feel better if you took him to the doctor and let them tell you he doesn't have it.
- I wouldn't worry...I had strep for two days before I realized it, and both my little ones did not get it.
Strep, Strep, strep...ugh
Asked by B.R. from Madison
on February 16, 2012
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My husband and I have had strep maybe twice in our lifetime (at least thats what the parents say) I don't ever remember having it so if I did I was young. In the past ...
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- One thing my doctor said when I was getting repeated strep infections.... I asked him about buying a new toothbrush.. when do you buy it? He said don't bother buying...
- Do you have a dog? When I was little, our dog was a strep carrier (he had it but it didn't affect him) and it took almost a year of the whole family just passing it b...
- I know you're in a different state, but our pedi said strep has been bad this year. They've hardly seen any flu, but strep just keeps making the rounds. My family has ...
Strep Throat but Throat Doesn't Hurt?
Asked by J.T. from Pensacola
on November 7, 2009
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My 4 year old daughter woke up yesterday morning with a 103.4 fever and said her head hurt all over. She never once said her throat hurt. I had to work so my mother ...
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- I'm not sure how the doctor did a strep test without looking into her throat as he would have had to look to swab her throat. I've had strep throat and it is painful,...
- I so know what you're talking about! My son complained of his stomach hurting and of a headache. This kept on until I noticed he wasn't eating right and just didn't ...
- there are several strains of "Strep" and they can manifest in many different ways in the body. Strep throat is what we hear about most, so we think we have to have a ...
How Contagious Is Strep Throat?
Asked by T.R. from Dallas
on January 1, 2007
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I found out yesterday that my 21 month old son has strep throat. Do you know how likely it will be that the rest of the family will get it? I took my son to CareNow ...
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- My daughter's had strep a number of times and the rest of the family typically doesn't get it. However, last time she had it (just earlier this month), my son got it a...
- It is very contagious, but that doesn't mean the rest of you will get it. My 6yr old daughter has had 6 cases of strep this year (we are heading to the ENT next week ...
- Strep throat is very contagious. I had it a little over a year ago and was miserable. My 3 year old (at the time) got it a few weeks after I did. My husband and 9 year...
Chronic Strep
Asked by C.A. from Sacramento
on June 3, 2010
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Hi everyone, need some advice! My daughter has had strep throat, fevers, ear infections on and off since about one year old. She is almost 3 now. Strange she gets i...
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- Just guessing here, but is it possible that even with the rounds of anti-biotics she's simply not getting rid of the strep in her system and it recurs? If so, that ma...
- Hi C., Sorry to hear about your daughter being so sick. I too, had a similar situation with my son when he was around 2 to 3 years old. He constantly had ear infectio...
- I don't have an answer for you but I think it is great that you are seeing an ENT. I am surprised that your primary care has waited so long to refer you! Strep Throat ...
