Strep throat is a throat problem that causes inflammation and sore feeling in your throat. It is caused by Streptococcus bacteria, therefore it is a bacterial infection. It spread to a healthy person through small respiratory droplets of an infected person. People of any age can get Strep throat but it is more common in children. Strep throat leads to sore throats which make you uncomfortable while eating or drinking. If strep throat remains untreated for a long time it can cause throat infection as well as other complications like kidney problems.
Strep throat infection spreads from one person to another by sharing utensils, toothbrushes, coughing, and close contact with an infected person.
How Strep throat spread?
Strep throat infection spreads from one person to another by sharing utensils, toothbrushes, coughing, and close contact with an infected person. Strep throat is a highly contagious infection caused by bacteria. It can easily spread from one person to another. People of any age can get Strep throat but it is more common in children.
Symptoms
The common sign and symptoms of strep throat are:-
- Pain in Throat
- Sore feeling
- Uncomfortable while eating or drinking
- Painful swallowing
- Difficulty in talking
- Fever
- Loss of appetite
- Headache
- Rash
- Vomiting
- Body aches
- Swollen lymph nodes in neck
- Difficulty in swallowing
- Swollen Tonsils
Symptoms of strep throat vary from person to person. Some people don’t have any symptoms but they still get the infection while some have many of these signs and symptoms but do not have strep throat. The signs and symptoms of strep throat are very similar to symptoms of viral infection. Therefore doctors need to do certain tests for strep throat.
Causes
Strep throat is a throat problem that causes inflammation and sore feeling in your throat. It is caused by Streptococcus bacteria, therefore it is a bacterial infection. It spread to a healthy person through small respiratory droplets of an infected person.
Streptococcal bacteria are very contagious in nature. The infection gets spread in healthy person through droplets coughed or sneezes out by an infectious person. It also spread from one person to another by sharing utensils, toothbrushes, coughing, and close contact with an infected person
Prevention
Strep throat can be treated but it is better to prevent strep infection:
- Don’t share your personal items with others such as toothbrushes, towels, etc
- Wash your hand with soap at regular intervals of time
- Cover your mouth
- Whenever you feel cough, use a hanky
- Don’t share utensils with an infected person
- Not sharing food, drinks, napkins, and clothes
- having the child cover all coughs and sneezes
- Wash utensils in hot, soapy water or in a dishwasher
Treatment
Strep throat is a bacterial infection. It can be treated by taking antibiotics such as
- penicillin
- amoxicillin
- cephalexin
- cefadroxil
Home remedies to treat strep throat
- Drink warm and luke water
- Get sufficient rest
- Gargling
- Don’t eat fast wood
- Get more dairy products such as yogurt, curd.
- adding 1/4 teaspoon of salt to 1 cup of water and gargle