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Possible Strep Throat Carrier

ven1988 posted:

My names venessa,

When i was a child i use to get what doctors call strep throat alot. and when i say alot i mean ALOT! I would get it atleast once a month from the age of 6-10. i went on lots of anti-biotics found allergic to quite a few especially the common used anti biotic penicillin. They discussed removing my tonsils due to how frequent i was testing positive. Before my doctors final decision she asked rto take one more sample just to be sure and it was a lab sample...I tested positive as a carrier to strep throat. I dont know what this means or how this effects my future...i never had my tonsils removed she deemed it pointless, and a year later i stopped getting it. i would occasionally get a irritated throat but nothing as severe as before. im now 24 years old i dont get strep as much but from what i have been researching online i have come to what may be an understanding that i might have been miss diagnosed. Should i push to have a doctor do another lab test to make sure? and even if i am positive what happens then?

1 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Possible Strep Throat CarrierMy names venessa, When i was a child i use to get what doctors call strep throat alot. and when i say alot i mean ALOT! I would get it atleast once a month from the age of 6-10. i went on lots of anti-biotics found allergic to quite a few especially the common used anti biotic penicillin. They discussed removing my tonsils due to how frequent i was testing positive. Before my doctors final decision she asked rto take one more sample just to be sure and it was a lab sample...I tested positive as a carrier to strep throat. I dont know what this means or how this effects my future...i never had my tonsils removed she deemed it pointless, and a year later i stopped getting it. i would occasionally get a irritated throat but nothing as severe as before. im now 24 years old i dont get strep as much but from what i have been researching online i have come to what may be an understanding that i might have been miss diagnosed. Should i push to have a doctor do another lab test to make sure? and even if i am positive what happens then?

Rod Moser, PA, PhD responded:

A child is much more prone to getting Strep infections than an adult, but if you feel you are still a Strep carrier, all you need is to have a throat culture taken. If you are symptom free and test POSITIVE, than you may be a carrier. If you are then treated appropriately and come back for another culture...and it is still positive, then you are probably a carrier.

The removal of the tonsils in most cases will solve this issue, if repeated antibiotic courses fail.

Report This| Share this:Possible Strep Throat CarrierA child is much more prone to getting Strep infections than an adult, but if you feel you are still a Strep carrier, all you need is to have a throat culture taken. If you are symptom free and test POSITIVE, than you may be a carrier. If you are then treated appropriately and come back for another culture...and it is still positive, then you are probably a carrier. The removal of the tonsils in most cases will solve this issue, if repeated antibiotic courses fail.

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