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Strep Throat Help...
Read all 22 responses: "My kids and I have been battling strep throat for 2 weeks. We were all were on antibiotics and we took everydose that the dr. ...
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- our dr says to get new toothbrushes after about ten days (or most of the duration of) on the antibiotics. The germ can live on the toothbrush and become antibiotic res...
- Be very careful about giving honey! Children under 1 should not have it at all.
- Hi A., A friend of ours had strep and got some MonaVie from me. Even though he is over his strep, he said he wants to get some more because he felt so much better...
Strep Group B
Strep Group B is common in women. The only thing that will change about her labor is that she will be given antibiotics by IV. There is nothing wrong w/ her ...
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- Group B Strep is extremely common. What will happen is antibiotics will be administered during the labor. My OB told me that out of mothers that are GBS+ only about h...
- hi H.. my sister-in -law had it with both of her children. all they will do is give your sister-in-law iv antibiotics during the delivery so she won't pass it on t...
- Hey H., Tell her to enjoy her wonderful bundle of joy and I am so glad everything went ok for her.
Strep B Infection
Okay, Group B Strep (GBS) is no big deal as long as you know you have it. Your Dr. is well aware of it and so are you. They will give you antibiotics when ...
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- webmd.com is a great site for medical questions. Its ran by leading doctors and is the best source on the net I have found. I have found if you google anything medic...
- Yes, I had strep B during my first pregnacy. I really didn't know much about it before my daughter was born. I remember that my doctor stressed the point of getting ...
- I tested positive for Strep with both of my pregnacys. This means you are a carrier. When you are in labor they will give you an IV of antibotics.If strep is passed to...
Group B Strep
They kept putting me on antibiotics and the Group B Strep kept reoccuring. Finally at the end of the pregnancy I was just taking an antibiotic everyday to ...
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- I would recommend seeing a urologist. I would also suggest drinking cranberry juice. It has been proven alleviate and prevent urinary tract infections. Hope this is...
- Martha has the right idea. Also, if you do get put on penicillin again, make sure you are eating yogurt. Just one a day should do it. I had the problem that when I g...
- There are also cranberry pills that you can take that are designed to help heal/prevent UTIs. They do work, and they can be found at any pharmacy as AZO Cranberry. A...
Anyone Else Heard of an Abcessed Tonsil....
The rapid strep test was negative but she is sending the culture to the lab. He was given two shots of an antibiotic and we have to go back tomorrow to ...
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- My son had this same exact thing. Not to scare you, but we took our son to the hospital. (Desert Banner, Childern') They stated he need surgery ASAP, because if the ab...
- I am a family physician. Peritonsillar abscesses are pretty miserable. Hopefully it will go down with the antibiotic injections. Occasionally the abscesses need to be ...
- My 4 year old had a similar problem. The rapid strep test was negative and they sent it off to the lab. Four days went by and he wasn't getting better so I took him ba...
Reoccuring Strep Throat and Having Tonsils Removed
Read all 11 responses: "Hi all - I have a 5 y/o son who has had strep 4 times since ... She would not be antibiotic free for more than a few DAYS before the ...
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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.
Group B Strep
My strep test came back positive and I have three weeks left until my due date. My doctor didn't suggest being induced, even though antibiotics during labor ...
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- I was GBS+ with my 8 week old son. I am also a RN on the postpartum unit and see it all the time. You do not need to be induced for that reason. It would be best to ge...
- Hello M.! I too was diagnosed with Group B, and was administered an antibiotic through IV during my hospital stay when I went in with contractions. I was also al...
- Hi M., I had Group B Strep with my daughter. I did end up being induced but I don't think that was why they induced me. I think you can go into labor normally and...
Group B Strep
The doctor put me on antibiotics, but is this enough? Everything I have read on the internet is not good about delivery with group B strep. ...
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- I just read the responses. I tested positive with two of my three pregnancies. My doctor gave antibiotics during labor and delivery for all three because I had teste...
- Seconding what everyone else has already said, this is very common and not to worry. I tested positive with my 2nd pregnancy. Because my first labor had been very qu...
- This is waaaaay too early for you to be checked for this. Yes, it is no big deal. Putting you on antibiotics now is completely unecessary. Very common for women to hav...
Red Blotches and Rashes on My Child's Face and on His Upper Torso
Strep virus untreated can be dangerous and is also painful. Make sure you see a doctor as soon as you can and if it is strep and antibiotic will be ...
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- If you can't get him in to see the pediatrician I would find another one. To me this sounds like Scarlet Fever, which produces a rash on the torso like that. I had thi...
- S., Hi it could be strep. my kids now 22 and 18 would get rashes after they had fever and I know that strep can cause a rsh. Also there's a virus called fifths dise...
- you do not want to mess with strep. take you child to the doctor tomorrow first thing. strep has lots of serious side effects, particularly for children, and if you ...
Continued Recurrence of Strep Throat in My 8 Year Old
Its a rough road especially if you're not a fan of antibiotics. I am also not a fan of the strep germ and the damage it can do to a child's heart so we take ...
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- Make sure she gets "pro-biotics" in her when taking anti-biotics. Get the one in the health food store. She needs her good bacteria that gets destroyed by the antibiot...
- Hi C., My nine year old had strep 8 times last year. We were pulling our hair out trying to figure out how she kept getting strep. We finally tested the whole fami...
- Hi, C.! This may sound odd, but it has been a lifesaver for us. At the first indication of sore throat, put a few drops of hydrogen peroxide into each ear (give it a...
