Strep Throat Castle Rock

submitted by Founders Family Medicine and Urgent Care on 08/02/23 1

#strepthroat #urgentcare #streptococcus #urgentcarecastlerock ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ญ? Strep throat is a bacterial infection caused by Group A Streptococcus. ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐? โœ…Coughing or sneezing โœ…Sharing items that touch the mouth, like water bottles, eating utensils, lip balm and other items or sneezing โœ…Touching a contaminated surface or item and then touching your mouth or nose ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ญ โœ…Fever โœ…Pain, especially when swallowing โœ…Abrupt start of sore throat โœ…White patches or pus on tonsils ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘‰ A simple throat swab test detects strep. The back of the throat is swabbed then the swab is tested for the presence of Group A Strep. A rapid test provides quick, in-office results. If the rapid test is negative but the symptoms point to strep, a lab culture test can offer a more accurate result. ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘‰ When bacteria spread to other parts of the body, serious illness may occur. This is one reason itโ€™s important to seek treatment quickly for strep throat symptoms. ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘‰ We recommend waiting to resume normal activities until you or your child no longer has a fever and has taken the prescribed antibiotics for at least 12 hours. ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ•ฟ (303) 688-8666 ๐ŸŒ www.foundersfamilymedicine.com

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