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Strep Contagious - Articles
Strep Throat
by
Tom Plamondon
Posted
Tue 30 Jun 2009 5:54pm
02/07/09
Strep throat is a bacterial infection of the throat. The infection is caused by Sreptococcus (Group A Beta Hemolytic Strep) bacteria. It is transmitted through the saliva and/or nasal secretions. Streptococcus bacteria takes 2-5 days to incubate in the upper respiratory tract and people with strep throat remain contagious for 1-3
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Strep throat indicators
by
Tom Plamondon
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm
cephalexin
azithromycin
Strep throat should be confirmed by rapid strep test (in office) or by a throat culture. Strep throat is contagious until after 24 hours of antibiotics...
We have been doing a clinical study of indicators for strep throat.
Our initial results show that the 4 symptoms or signs which most typically indicate strep throat
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Strep Throat (Group A Streptococci Infections)
by
Meredy
Posted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 2:24pm
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infections.
Incubation
The incubation period for Group A strep throat is usually 2 to 7 days after exposure.
Duration
In Group A strep throat infections, fever typically stops... they are back in class.
Contagiousness
Strep throat is contagious, and strep bacteria can be passed through contact with the nasal or throat fluids of someone who is infected. After
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Strep. Yep, I said it. Strep.
by
Heather M.
Posted
Fri 20 Nov 2009 10:04pm
Mikey has Strep. I must say that I'm not surprised since it seems like he gets some sort of throat illness every Fall. He told me late Friday that he had a sore throat. I... fine, so I cancelled it again.
Finally, by afternoon he said his throat hurt again so I made an appt and stuck to it.
He has Strep.
He's on antibiotics.
I'm going
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Strep strep and sinuses
by
Francine R.
Posted
Tue 15 Dec 2009 7:57pm
That's my kids. After being up with Sofia three nights in a row, with a continuous fever and drippy nose, I finally took her to the pediatrician yesterday morning. Yup, strep. Quick-test didn't even take 5 minutes.
So meds for her. Monday was still rough, since she still had a fever, wouldn't eat or drink, and complained of a tummy ache
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Is depression contagious?
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Dr. Scott P.
Posted
Mon 08 Dec 2008 2:41pm
A recent study that has been getting a lot of press coverage asserted that happiness may be contagious. This raises the question about whether depression may have a contagious element. The authors used social network theory to show that the probability of being happy was greater when other around you are happy - and found weaker effects
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The Contagiousness of Moods
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Dr. Deb
Posted
Wed 07 Jan 2009 6:52pm
contagion.
Contagion is a very powerful phenomenon. Seems that we are hard wired to read subtle cues in others, a monkey see, monkey do kind of thing. So, it begs the question... along the way. If it's a good emotional contagion, I say ride the wave. If it's a negative one, change your environment. . . allow yourself to fall into more lighthearted
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