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That will be more likely if the Crimson gets together its stellar starting pitching staff as quickly as possible. Junior ace Frank Herrmann has been battling discomfort and freshman standout Shawn Haviland recently entered the University infirmary with a severe case of strep throat...
Alas, yes. The standard test for strep may make your child gag, but after experimenting with less invasive tests, doctors concluded that they still need to swab kids' tonsils. Just tell 'em about the ice cream...
HEALTH: Misdiagnosing strep; too much TV?; cholesterol combo...
...sore throat is one of the most common reasons for seeing a doctor. Most of the time the cause is viral, and you can ease your suffering with chicken soup and a painkiller like acetaminophen. But sometimes the problem is a kind of bacteria called group A streptococcus--or strep, for short. That's when antibiotics like penicillin or erythromycin come in handy. Early spring is a peak season for strep throat. If you have a sore throat that is accompanied by a fever but not a cough, your lymph nodes are swollen and there are yellow or white patches...
...decades, the main reason to treat strep throat was to make sure it didn't turn into rheumatic fever, a serious illness that can damage the heart. The rule of thumb here is to give antibiotics within eight or nine days of the onset of symptoms, which is why you can afford to wait for the results of a throat culture. For reasons that are not clear, the incidence of rheumatic fever has dropped dramatically in most of the U.S. since the 1930s. And studies have shown that many adults get over mild strep infections without taking antibiotics. Children...