Tuesday, May 25, 2010

I have strep throught and I'm almost done with the meds but not helping!?

How long until I can swallow again? Or eat or sleep with out this pain I'm a p*ssy but man it hurts should I go to the doctor its been like 10 days!
Answer:
I would see the doctor again. Also, I would make sure that you finish all of your meds even if it does start to get better at some point because that's the only way. Another possibility is that maybe you contracted another strand of Strep Throat than the one you are treating now. This happened to me. It's like the common cold or the flu, you never get the same strand twice because after getting sick from one strand, you can develop antibodies against it so if you ever get infected by that strand again, you will be able to fight it off. That could be the case that happened to you.
You need to call your doctor and see him again. You should feel much better after a 10 day course of antibiotics. Your doctor might want to retest (another throat culture) and this time run it with sensitivities (what antibiotic will fight it best).
Go back to the DR. very soon. You may have a Strep that is resistant to the antibiotic you are taking.
you should finish your antibiotics completely. call your doctor and set another appointment
You need another course of antibiotics or a different antibiotic. When your throat was swabbed, your physician should have done a C%26S (culture %26 sensitivity) to determine what antibiotics your particular variety of streptococcus is sensitive to. The results of this C%26S determine what antibiotic you get. Please contact your physician; obviously your current course of antibiotics is not working for you.
Yes, you should at least call your doctor. There are 2 possibilities; 1) your strep throat is very severe and a ten day course of antibiotics is not enough. 2) your strep throat has some immunity to the drugs that were prescribed so it's not responding to treatment which means that you might need a different or stronger antibiotic.

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