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Suggest Treatment For High Fever With Throat Pain
Hi my daughter is 11 year old shes been running temp for more than 3 days now, temperature goes upto 102 degrees, comes down to normal at times with adol or brufen, shes got pain while swallowing in throat, no runny nose or sneezing, a bit of cough, should I start antibiotic?
Fri, 19 Jun 2015
Hi...by what you quote I feel that your kid is acute pharyngitis - it can be either bacterial or viral. Viral pharyngitis doesn't require antibiotics. Warm saline gargles and symptomatic measure like Paracetamol will do. But to diagnose bacterial pharyngitis you can get a Rapid Antigen testing done for Beta Strep at your pediatrician's office. The result will be available in 10 minutes and if its positive you can start antibiotics.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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