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Not strep? What is it?
Ok, I've never had strep throat, I still have my tonsils. Worst case, I've had some sore throats but nothing like this. Symptoms:
-headache (not sure if it's cause by throat or just the fact that it's been quite rainy lately)
- Conjestion? I think that's what it is, I sniff a lot even though there's nothing in my nose and it's in the back of my throat so it makes a snorting noise.
-It feels like my tonsils are swollen and it hurts to swallow. I checked my throat last night and it was really red.
I went to the school nurse today and she said it didn't look like I had strep throat because my tonsils weren't swollen or red, but they were this morning. I can't go to the doctor because I don't have the time and my mom doesn't like to go to the doctor for anything small. It FEELS like my tonsils are swollen, but the nurse said they weren't. I don't know what it is? Please help! Thanks you guys!
14/f
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If you DO have strep throat, trust me, its nothing small. You will need to be put on antibiotics as soon as possible, which means going to the doc. If strep throat is left untreated, several complications may arise. You're contagious, so you would be exposing other people to strep too. You are susceptible to rheumatic fever (which can cause permanent damage to the heart), scarlet fever, blood infections, and kidney disease.
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The trip to the doctor won't take very long. They do the usual like taking your blood pressure and listening to your lungs and heart, along with a strep test that only takes 5-7 minutes.
I have had strep multiple times, and usually it feels just like another sore throat, but its always important to go to the doctor and make sure it isn't strep. Better safe than sorry!
~Maria, 17
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Take your index and middle fingers of each hand and hold them just under your jaw. If it feels puffier than normal get your mom to take a flashlight and look down your throat. It you're severely swollen then you're going to have to go to the doctor to get penecillin. You have strep.
If you're okay there, then it's probably the flu, which you have to just ride out. Just take a day off school/work and cover yourself with every blanket in the house and drink hot tea and hot soup. You should be able to sweat it out by the next day and feel a ton better. You'll be hot but you'll feel better. (Yay Southern Remedies!)
Hope this helped! ^_^
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