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I WENT TOT THE DOCTOR TODAY WITH BOTH OF MY KIDS THE YOUNGEST WENT LAST WEEK AND I BROUGHT HIM BACK AGAIN TODAY. THE DOCTOR SAID MY YOUNGEST IS FINE AND THAT MY OLDEST AND I HAVE ACUTE PHARYNGITIS MY OLDEST AND I BOTH HAVE REALLY SORE THROATS STIFF NECKS, SWOLLEN LYMPNODES FEVER AND HEADACHES. HE PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBIOTIC FOR MY OLDEST AND I BUT NOT THE YOUNGEST I AM SURE I CAUGHT IT FROM HIM AND ALTHOUGH HE IS TWO IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT WE HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS. I WAS SURPIRSED WHEN I CHECKED WEB MD THAT ANTIBIOTICS WAS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PHARYNGITIS.