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What Is The Treatment For High Fever And Sore Throat?
Hi,
my fourteen year old son came down with a high fever on Feb.11th and a sore throat, we took him to the drop in clinic and they suspected strep throat and put him on penicillan, sore throat remained and he started feeling a bit better 5 days later. He went back to school for 2 days.On Friday the clinic called to say the strep swab came back negative. Last night he went to play hockey and this morning he woke up with chills and a fever complaining of a headache and sore throat. could this be mono? thank-you!
my fourteen year old son came down with a high fever on Feb.11th and a sore throat, we took him to the drop in clinic and they suspected strep throat and put him on penicillan, sore throat remained and he started feeling a bit better 5 days later. He went back to school for 2 days.On Friday the clinic called to say the strep swab came back negative. Last night he went to play hockey and this morning he woke up with chills and a fever complaining of a headache and sore throat. could this be mono? thank-you!
Fri, 14 Aug 2015
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Thanks for posting in HCM.
After going through the description given by you, it appears that your son is suffering from recurrent pharyngitis.
Since some organisms are resistant to penicillin and penicillin group of drugs, it is better to change and take antibiotics antibiotics in quinolones or Azithromycin group.
At the same time, ask him to avoid exposure to cold and drinking cold items.
Let him do salt water gargling of throat with warm water at least twice daily. He can also take paracetamol 500mg tablet, if he has fever and headache. He can take mucolytic syrup to releive throat congestion.
Hope the information provided would be useful.
Thanks for posting in HCM.
After going through the description given by you, it appears that your son is suffering from recurrent pharyngitis.
Since some organisms are resistant to penicillin and penicillin group of drugs, it is better to change and take antibiotics antibiotics in quinolones or Azithromycin group.
At the same time, ask him to avoid exposure to cold and drinking cold items.
Let him do salt water gargling of throat with warm water at least twice daily. He can also take paracetamol 500mg tablet, if he has fever and headache. He can take mucolytic syrup to releive throat congestion.
Hope the information provided would be useful.
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