Strep throat symptoms and treatment
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Children with strep throat are excluded from school until they have received 24 hours of the prescribed treatment and have a normal body temperature for 24 hours. The spread of strep throat can be decreased with proper hand washing, covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, and completing the prescribed treatment.
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Strep Throat: Key signs are typically a severe sore throat, fever, difficulty swallowing, sometimes a headache, and/or a stomach ache. This is a serious bacterial infection and requires antibiotic treatment. Cold viruses, not strep, cause the vast majority of sore throats. The only way to diagnose this is to have a culture done.
[DOC File]Collaborative Practice Agreement
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Other strep testing information resources, such as the Washington State Department of Health and CDC, are available for the pharmacists to review. In addition, Dr. Garman will provide in-service presentations or allow pharmacists to participate in a clinical rotation at the clinic in order to illustrate proper strep throat evaluation techniques.
[DOC File]Sore throat – or pharyngitis – is an extremely common ...
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For treatment to improve symptoms it must be started within 48-72 hours of symptom onset. If the clinician is highly suspicious of GABHS and the rapid test is negative, treatment can be started with the understanding that if the confirmatory test (throat culture) comes back negative the antibiotics will be stopped.
[DOC File]Throat Culture Protocol - Migrant Clinician
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The nurse will record test results and treatment in the chart. The patient will be advised to see a provider if symptoms persist longer than 3-5 days. Symptomatic household contacts of strep positive patients should be tested. Planned review: April 19, 2011, Medical Director _____ _____ Gail E. Baldwin Date
[DOCX File]Tonsillitis and pharyngitis
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red and swollen tonsils (with or without pus) or an inflamed throat. swollen and tender lymph nodes at either side of the neck. a change in the sound of the voice (such as sounding ‘hoarse’ or muffled). Treatment. Your treatment will depend on how severe your symptoms are and whether your doctor suspects a bacterial or viral infection.
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PHARYNGITIS PROTOCOL (including Rapid Strep Testing) _____ SUBJECTIVE. Complaint of sore throat, with or without dysphagia/odynophagia. Abdominal pain and/or vomiting. Headache. Fever. Absence of cough (generally, but not always) Possible chills or body aches. Document ill contacts (friends/family members/co-workers)
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If strep throat is diagnosed, the student must be on antibiotic treatment and fever-free for 24 hours (without fever-reducing medication) before returning to school.
[DOC File]DISEASES of the RESPIRATORY TRACT
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Symptoms very similar to viral pharyngitis. Strep throat may lead to tonsillitis and/or otitis media, if untreated may lead to sequelae such as rheumatic fever & glomerulonephritis. VIRULENCE FACTORS: M protein, streptokinase (lyses clots), streptolysins (lyses WBCs, RBCs & tissues) TRANSMISSION: respiratory route. DIAGNOSIS:
MEDICAL REPORT TO PARENTS (Sore Throat)
Diagnosis and Treatment Plan: ... Your child had a negative rapid test for Strep Throat in our clinic today. The rapid test is accurate, but may miss a few cases of Strep Throat. ... Based on his/her symptoms and exam your child’s sore throat seems to be related to a minor cold, increased drainage from sinus/allergy problems, or irritation ...
[DOC File]Sore Throat - Albany
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Other symptoms include swollen glands in your neck and armpits, fever, headache and feeling tired. What tests may be used to find the cause of my sore throat? Your doctor may do a rapid strep test, a throat culture or both. A rapid strep test will give results fast--usually within about 15 minutes.
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Strep throat background. Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus. 30% of acute pharyngitis in children. 10% of acute pharyngitis in adults. Peak incidence 4-14 years of age. Late fall-spring. Generally self-limited (7 days) Only form where antibiotic treatment indicated. Upper respiratory tract viruses >50% of acute pharyngitis cases. Prevent ...
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Being alert to symptoms and getting early treatment is essential. Your health care provider will prescribe an antibiotic to be taken for ten days. Occasionally strep throats, especially if untreated or not fully treated for the full ten days, can be followed in 1 to 5 weeks by an even more serious conditions such as Rheumatic Fever or ...
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