What is strep throat and how is strep throat spread? Strep throat - a throat infection caused by streptococcal bacteria.  Bacteria spread by droplets from the nose or throat of the man who is already infected with streptococcal infection. This occurs most often during the cold winter months when people are together indoors. Strep throat can start you in 2-7 days after you are near an infected person.

Symptoms of strep throat (acute pharyngitis)

• Temperatures above 38 ° C
• Chills
• Sore throat
• Problems with swallowing
• Swelling of the throat
• Shortness of breath
• Pain in the body
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea or vomiting
• Abdominal pain

The tonsils and back of the throat may be red or swollen, with specks of white or yellow pus.
In rare cases, strep infection may produce a toxin that causes a bright red rash all over his body. 

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Your doctor will check the back of your throat: whether there is redness, swelling, and white and yellow dots. With the stroke of strep throat to be done a quick analysis to streptococcal infection. Often the results are ready within 10 minutes.

If the test shows that you have strep throat, you will be assigned treatment with antibiotics. This medication may be in the form of single injections or pills, which have to be taken home. You'll need to take all the pills as directed.

• You may return to work or school after 24 hours of antibiotics and when you will no longer elevated temperature
• Replace your toothbrush after you within 24 hours of taking antibiotics.
• Drink plenty of fluids.
• Use a scatter humidifier to raise humidity.
• Take your temperature at least once a day and bring down a fever, in accordance with the instructions of your doctor.
• Use only with their glasses or cups, do not eat from other people's plates and not eat up food for others.
• Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing.
• Wash your hands after you cough, sneeze or blew his nose.

Call your doctor if symptoms do not improve or show someone in your family.

Among the acute angina distinguish primary and secondary. 

Primary angina (acute tonsillitis) is characterized by acute inflammation of the lymphoid apparatus of the pharynx. The clinical picture of the driving link is the symptoms of the tonsils. 

Depending on the localization of the morphological changes in isolated bluetongue, gap, follicular and pseudomembranous angina. 

Secondary angina represents a defeat of the tonsils of acute infectious diseases. They are observed in diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, and blood diseases: infectious mononucleosis, septic angina, leukemia. Diagnosed on the basis of changes in the pharynx, bacteriological examination of smears from the pharynx and morphological analysis of blood.