Background Sore throat is a common reason for people to present for medical care. Although it remits spontaneously, primary care doctors commonly prescribe antibiotics for it. Objectives To assess the benefits o
A rapid strep test can be positive even if you have a sore throat that's caused by a virus. It can be difficult to tell what's causing the sore throat in that situation because you're carrying the bacteriaanda virus. If you keep getting a sore throat after taking antibiotics, you coul...
Repeated warnings that antibiotics don’t work for most sore throats and bronchitis have failed to stop overuse: U.S. doctors prescribed these drugs for most adults …
The way you treat a sore throat depends on what is causing it. Most sore throats are caused by viral infections, which usually go away on their own in 5–7 days. Antibiotics won’t fix this kind of infection. But in the meantime, you can take over-the-counter medications to help eas...
Acute otitis media and tonsillitis are among the most frequent conditions of children and young adults. They have always been prevalent,with no decrease in prevalence over the past 25 years.doi:10.1007/978-94-010-9192-3_7Niels NrrelundMichael J. WhitfieldSpringer Netherlands...
the patient’s condition worsens after 2 daysC.the patient’s throat is still sore after a weekD.the disease spreads to another member of the family(4) (单选题)What difference is there in the way adults and young children should be treated with aspirin?A.Your children should not be ...
To assess the benefits of antibiotics in the management of sore throat. Systematic search of the literature from 1945 to 1999, using electronic searches of MEDLINE (using the keywords, "pharyngitis", "sore throat" and "tonsillitis") after 1966, the Cochrane Library, the Cochrane collection of ...
of "strep throat". Articles appeared that seemed to justify this with evidence of low complication rates and the decline of rheumatic fever. Shortly after, I stopped giving one young patient penicillen for a very dubious 'sore throat'. She had been on it for 5 days had very little signs ...
Treatments other than antibiotics for sore throat
Shorten the duration of Strep throat symptoms Reduce the likelihood of transmission to family members, friends, and other close contacts Prevent the development of rheumatic fever and other complications. Viral sore throats should not be treated with antibiotics. Treatment is usually given for ten day...