My daughter is fifteen Last March she came home from school saying her throat was hurting badly I assumed it was strep because many students were sick The rapid test was negative We went home but she became worse By Monday she was exhausted and her lymph nodes were swollen Another test was negative The
Four times I had positive strep tests in fourteen months January April September November Each time the same pattern throat pain fever positive test antibiotics recovery then it returned By the fourth visit I was not surprised The doctor suggested ENT referral to understand why do i keep getting strep throat I had been asking
My kid got strep last winter and I had no clue it was coming He seemed fine at dinner ate his whole plate and asked to watch TV before bed Then around midnight he was in the doorway crying with one hand against his throat I felt his forehead really hot We went to the
It was Thursday I woke up and my throat felt off just off I kept swallowing to check I had a cold two weeks before and thought it was leftover Friday it was worse no runny nose no cough just throat I searched normal throat vs strep throat and thought no white patches meant not
Two years into my coding career I had a supervisor say my strep throat coding needed work Not wrong just imprecise I used J02.9 for almost every sore throat encounter It was acceptable but lacked specificity I did not understand J02.0 or J03.00 versus J03.01 The ICD 10 for strep throat codes had never been
My daughter was eight weeks old and it was early morning and she was making a sound I had never heard before She felt warm and the thermometer showed 38.4 We sat there not knowing what to do I searched do newborns get strep throat and found answers that were unclear We called for help
My mother in law called it facial sickness. She got it every winter starting with a cold that dragged on. Her cheeks would swell slightly and she would press her face. Every winter my father in law drove her to the pharmacy and she came home with antibiotics. Nobody asked if a sinus infection is
He turned sixty-eight last year, my father, set in his ways like some men get. Three illnesses hit him through that cold stretch, one after another, starting just before Thanksgiving and dragging into early March.Each time he went to the pharmacist described symptoms and got antibiotics. Each time he felt no better after four days
He turned sixty-eight last year, my father, set in his ways like some men get. Three illnesses hit him through that cold stretch, one after another, starting just before Thanksgiving and dragging into early March.Each time he went to the pharmacist described symptoms and got antibiotics. Each time he felt no better after four days
Last October I sat through a day of work with what I kept calling just a headache. My neck felt stiff. My eyes didn’t want to focus properly. Every time I stood up the room swayed a little. I told myself it was screen fatigue. Too much coffee. Not enough sleep. By morning I had