YEah tell me about it. I have a sinus infection that has my nasal passages all sore and swollen. It really stinks cause i am at work and can't leave.
Is strep throat just a bad sore throat?! Whats the difference? I don't have allergies or strep throat...I thought that was for wimps!
Strep usually comes w/a fever and puss in your throat. It feels like you're swallowing glass. I've heard that the antibodies your body creates to fight it can possibly turn on your own body and attack your heart and liver. The puss that is formed can create a tumor or abscess in your throat. Nasty stuff.
Well, she is a science teacher, and she may have secured a culture from a lab and spread the culture on my son's clothes before I picked him up...children under 2 are not susceptible to strep, so I'm told be a pediatrician. STUPID b**** GOT ME SICK!!!
From the CDC: Group A streptococcus is a bacterium often found in the throat and on the skin. People may carry group A streptococci in the throat or on the skin and have no symptoms of illness. Most GAS infections are relatively mild illnesses such as "strep throat," or impetigo. On rare occasions, these bacteria can cause other severe and even life-threatening diseases. Infection with GAS can result in a range of symptoms: No illness Mild illness (strep throat or a skin infection such as impetigo) Severe illness (necrotizing faciitis, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome) Severe, sometimes life-threatening, GAS disease may occur when bacteria get into parts of the body where bacteria usually are not found, such as the blood, muscle, or the lungs. These infections are termed "invasive GAS disease." Two of the most severe, but least common, forms of invasive GAS disease are necrotizing fasciitis and Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome. Necrotizing fasciitis (occasionally described by the media as "the flesh-eating bacteria") destroys muscles, fat, and skin tissue.
I thought I had Mono once for an entire year...turns out I was just really bored... Yo Falcons Talon, why don't you let out your frustrations in one big SCREAM!! Oh, sorry.
