If left untreated, the infection can get out of hand, leading to further complications and health risks like kidney inflammation, failure or rheumatic fever that causes damages to your heart valve, leads to inflamed and painful joints.
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What is strep
throat?
In simple terms, strep throat is a contagious bacterial infection that attacks your throat,
making it feel sore and scratchy. It’s more commonly found in children, but that doesn’t mean
adults and older people are any safer.
The infectious disease thrives in colder seasons, attacking and
infecting anyone who encounters an infected person. If you’re showing signing and symptoms of
strep throat infection, getting medical help is your best bet before the issue spirals out
of control.
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Getting strep throat isn’t uncommon, and you can contract the illness more than once. However, you can protect yourself and others around you from getting it again in the future.
Although there isn't still a vaccine that can help stop the infection of strep throat from spreading, one can still protect themselves and other people by practicing good hygiene. A nutritious, well-balanced diet, public practices like covering your mouth when you cough and sneeze, and hand hygiene can all help to keep you safe and strengthen your immune system.
Additionally, it would help if you also washed glasses, utensils, and cutlery after someone sick uses them. Using alcohol, soap, and carrying a sanitizer should also help prevent germs and bacteria from spreading.
If you know the infection is spreading at the school or office, you can consider staying at home and taking care of yourself and your family. It’s also best to stay home and take prescribed medication when you’re dealing with streptococcal infection symptoms.
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SYMPTOMS OF
Strep throat
Knowing what signs and symptoms to look out for can significantly reduce the chances of your
ailment spreading and worsening. Most cases of strep throat come with the common sore and
painful throat, difficulty swallowing, inflamed, swollen tonsils with streaks full of pus and
white patches. If you’re suffering from a strep throat infection, you’ll also experience fever,
headaches, rashes, swollen or tender lymph nodes in your neck area, nausea, vomiting and body
aches.
It’s also possible that you could suffer from some of these symptoms and not have a throat
infection. Still, only a medical professional can diagnose your situation, run proper tests and
provide adequate treatment. You can also be a carrier of the disease, spreading the germs to
others after getting exposed to an infected person but showing no signs and symptoms yourself.
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What causes strep throat
In medical terms, Streptococcus pyogenes, Group A streptococcus or Streptococcal, is a bacterium known to cause strep throat infection.
Risk factors that
contribute to your
ailments
There are several factors that can contribute to and even increase your risk of getting a strep throat infection.
How to prevent
A strep infection
If you want to avoid taking unnecessary sick leaves and live a healthy, active life, you’ll have
to start with eating a well-balanced diet and practicing proper hygiene.
Wash your hands properly with soap for at least a few seconds to ensure you’ve gotten rid of all
the germs and bacteria.
Covering your mouth whenever you sneeze and cough can help stop the spreading of the infection.
Additionally, whether sick or not, avoid sharing your utensils with anyone or wash them with
soapy water or in the dishwasher after someone has used them.
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Strep Throat Diagnosis
Thanks to advancements in technology and the advent of medical tests like throat culture, bacterial and viral infections like strep throat can easily be diagnosed. A virtual doctor will assess your throat and tonsil area with a cotton swab, run a strep test and provide beneficial and quick results within minutes. If you’re experiencing any of the signs and symptoms mentioned above, seeking strep throat treatment is the way to go.
Strep Throat Treatments
Prevention is the best treatment for strep throat. If you want to avoid taking unnecessary sick
leaves and live a healthy, active life, you’ll have to start with eating a well-balanced diet
and practicing proper hygiene. Wash your hands with soap for at least a few seconds to ensure
you’ve gotten rid of all the germs and bacteria.
Covering your mouth whenever you sneeze and cough can help stop the spreading of the infection.
Additionally, whether sick or not, avoid sharing your utensils with anyone or wash them with
soapy water or in the dishwasher after someone has used them.
Most strep throat treatment involves antibiotics. Your online doctor for strep throat may
prescribe an antibiotic shot, liquid, or pill to kill the bacteria causing the infection. They
will, of course, ensure you aren’t allergic before prescribing the course.
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Sore throat is never really a cause for concern for most people, but if you’re dealing with other
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Strep throat infection FAQs
Strep throat is highly contagious; coming in close contact with an infected person will get you infected too. However, you can substantially diminish your chances of contracting the ailment and falling sick with proper treatments, antibiotics, and care. Furthermore, you can also be an infectious carrier of the disease without any symptoms, causing others around you to get sick.
Since strep throat is a viral disease, coming in close contact with airborne droplets of
anyone infected is one of the easiest ways of catching a strep throat infection.
Staying in close quarters such as college dormitories, military facilities, gyms,
schools,
daycare centers can transmit the streptococcal infection from one person to another
rather
quickly and easily.
If you’re living with your family while dealing with strep throat, they have a 40%
chance of
contracting your ailment.
If strep throat isn’t treated correctly, it can lead to rheumatic fever, which was until
recently a leading cause of death in children and one of the leading causes of acquired
heart disease in adults.
Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune disease that can also be classified as a complication
of
streptococcal infection. It occurs after a cluster of streptococcal throat infections
that
causes inflammatory lesions in your connective tissue, especially the heart, blood
vessels,
joints, and subcutaneous tissue. It can also lead to serious health issues like kidney
failure.
Thanks to advancements in technology and the advent of medical tests like throat culture,
bacterial and viral infections like strep throat can easily be diagnosed.
A doctor will assess your throat and tonsil area with a cotton swab, run a strep test
and
provide beneficial and quick results within minutes. If you’re suffering from any of the
signs and symptoms mentioned above, seeking medical care is definitely the way to go.
Getting strep throat isn’t uncommon, and you can contract the illness more than once.
However, you can protect yourself and others around you from getting it again in the
future.
Sure, there are no vaccines to stop the spreading of strep throat; you can still
practice
proper hygiene to keep yourself and others safe. Keeping your hands clean, covering your
mouth when you sneeze and cough, eating a healthy, well-balanced diet can go a long way
at
keeping you safe and boosting your immune system.
Additionally, it would help if you also washed glasses, utensils, and cutlery after
someone
sick uses them. Using alcohol soap and carrying a sanitizer should also help prevent
germs
and bacteria from spreading.
If you know the infection is spreading at the school or office, you can consider staying
at
home and taking care of yourself and your family. It’s also best to stay home and take
prescribed medication when you’re dealing with streptococcal infection symptoms.
If you’re suffering from a strep throat infection, you’ll also experience: