A girl gave me strep throat unknowingly, but she is now over it. I obviously have strep throat now and will be contagious for a week or so. Is it possible for me to give her strep throat? or will she be resistant to it still?
Strep Throat Question
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moshquerade
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She may be resistant, but then again reintroduction of the Streptococci might cause her infection to flare back up.
In other words, just wait it out.
In other words, just wait it out.
Theres plenty of pathogens that cause laryngitis, so unless she had a throat culture and knows it was strep (which should be treated with antibiotics by the way to prevent some NASTY complications) it is impossible to say man.
Yes (and pink eye). She totally "forgot" about it when I asked her if she was sick yesterday because I know she had pink eye. She said she was really sorry because she thought it wouldn't be contagious since she was over it, but it was my fault too.
I just wish I didn't have strep throat. I can't focus on anything especially homework.
AND pink eye? uh, may I suggest you run before she spontaneously develops gangrene?
An interesting aside, the name S. pyogenes comes from pus. You have pus bacteria all over your throat! How does that make you feel?
An interesting aside, the name S. pyogenes comes from pus. You have pus bacteria all over your throat! How does that make you feel?
moshquerade
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if you have strep throat you need to be on antibiotics. if you're a college student go to the on campus clinic and get a throat swab to check for strep and then, if you have a positive strep test, they'll prescribe some amoxicillin or something similar to help your immune system get rid of it faster.
I'm one step ahead of you mosh..
I went to a clinic, but not the school one because they have terrible hours. How do they only stay open from 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 PM at a school with 45000 students? I tested positive for strep throat. Unfortunately, I can't get amoxicillin because I'm allergic to it. The medicine they prescribed me doesn't seem to be working too well so far.
I went to a clinic, but not the school one because they have terrible hours. How do they only stay open from 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 PM at a school with 45000 students? I tested positive for strep throat. Unfortunately, I can't get amoxicillin because I'm allergic to it. The medicine they prescribed me doesn't seem to be working too well so far.
Actually antibiotics don't help you resolve strep throat any faster, they just prevent any of the complications that come after it.
Hmm, the doctor said that I should feel better after 24hrs of taking the medication. Does strep throat go away pretty fast anyways? I don't really remember the last time I had strep throat, but it seems like it lasted two or three days.
moshquerade
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Good boy.
Remember to finish the whole course of antibiotics. Sometimes people want to stop when they are feeling better, but it's really in your best interest to finish it all.
moshquerade
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wrong. the antibiotics kill the bacteria that are causing the infection thus you are on the road to recovery sooner.
they do also prevent further complications that could result if the strep throat were left untreated like rheumatic fever.
Actually...you're talking to a biochemist....go look it up in any medical journal, the symptoms do not subside any sooner when taking an antibiotic (you might see some results saying 3 days versus 4 but any double blind trials show a placebo effect just as great and a fairly high std. dev. anyways with some resolving in 2 days and other upwards of a week). That stated, antibiotics are a great idea here as you totally do not want rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, glomerulonephritis, or even in the chance of a septic shock. But...trust me...strep throat does not "go away" any faster from them. Certainly the bacteria will be gone but the damage will have already been done to the tissue
moshquerade
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are you sure you aren't a marine biologist?
so you are saying that if someone didn't take antibiotics and had strep throat that the strep throat itself (baring further complications, ie rheumatic fever) would linger just as long with versus without antibiotics?
it's difficult for me to fathom that, but you're the expert.
Gibsons
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The strains that cause pharyngitis are not the ones that cause glomerulonephritis. (edit: there's some conflicting info on this)
I've looked in several medical journals and most articles I find indirectly indicate that antibiotics do shorten the course of symptoms. My textbook (Medical Microbiology, Murray et. al. 5th edition Text) here states clearly regarding GAS: "Antibiotic therapy in patients with pharyngitis speeds the relief of symptoms and, if initiated within 10 days of the initial clinical disease, prevents rheumatic fever." But digging through their references I can't find the original data supporting the statement.
eits
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Its the tissue damage that you feel and is the "strep throat" you think of. Of course the bacteria itself will be gone sooner but the effects of the disease (ie tissue damage) lingers after the bacteria is long gone. I hope that helps explain the situation a bit better, but still keep in mind, once identified properly (throat culture) antibiotics are a VERY good idea. The misuse of them leads to many issues (MRSA for one) though and antibiotics are certainly not called for every time you get a sore throat.
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