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What Causes Sore Throat, Fever, Stomach Pain And Red Veins In Throat?
My daughter has had a sore throat, belly hurting, High fever for first 2 days, and small to no appetite for 2 weeks now... We are concerned-what does this sound like? She also has some red veins on her tonsils. She is 5 years old. We are waiting on strep culture to come back.
Tue, 21 Jul 2015
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It seems that your daughter is suffering from tonsillopharyngitis along with gastritis due to poor oral intake. Most likely causative organism is streptococcus but in some cases it can be due to other bacteria and viruses as well.
Don't worry, I see such cases routinely in my clinical practice. I would recommend you to take following measures to help her:
1. Start her on antibiotics as per her culture and sensitivity report of throat swab.
2. Give her warm saline gargles 3-4 times daily.
3. Start an antacid such as Digene or ranitidine for associated gastritis.
4. Start an antihistamine and decongestant such as Chlorpheniramine or fexofenadine.
Hopefully this will help her. I would be happy to help you in any further questions.
Take care
Welcome to the HCM
It seems that your daughter is suffering from tonsillopharyngitis along with gastritis due to poor oral intake. Most likely causative organism is streptococcus but in some cases it can be due to other bacteria and viruses as well.
Don't worry, I see such cases routinely in my clinical practice. I would recommend you to take following measures to help her:
1. Start her on antibiotics as per her culture and sensitivity report of throat swab.
2. Give her warm saline gargles 3-4 times daily.
3. Start an antacid such as Digene or ranitidine for associated gastritis.
4. Start an antihistamine and decongestant such as Chlorpheniramine or fexofenadine.
Hopefully this will help her. I would be happy to help you in any further questions.
Take care
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