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What Causes Sore Throat In Children?

I have three kids, ages 8, 11, and 13. This morning, all three of them complain of sore throats. I looked in their mouths w/a flashlight, one has a thick yellowish/white stripe down the center of the back of his throat, one has a blood red/purple stripe down the center of the back of her throat, and one has a very red throat (all over, including his tonsils). I've seen white patches with strep, but never this "stripe". Could this be strep? If so, can strep resolve itself without antibiotics?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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I understand your concern. You should be worried but not too much. We should differentiate streptococcal infection,mononucleosis, fungal infection. You can try to treat without antibiotics:
- Hot drinks.
- Salty and chlorhexidine(listerine) gurglings.
-Application of Pantosal on the tonsils thrice a day.
-Lozenges-Strepsils should be resolved 4 times a day.
-Lary spray for throat 1 dose 4 times.
Viral infection take 5-7 days to get better. If temperature will very high or white stripes would be more then perform blood test to exclude mononucleosis and start to give acyclovir 30 mg/kg daily divided for 2 times.
Start on these changes and get back to me in 5 days. Wish your child good health.
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What Causes Sore Throat In Children?

I understand your concern. You should be worried but not too much. We should differentiate streptococcal infection,mononucleosis, fungal infection. You can try to treat without antibiotics: - Hot drinks. - Salty and chlorhexidine(listerine) gurglings. -Application of Pantosal on the tonsils thrice a day. -Lozenges-Strepsils should be resolved 4 times a day. -Lary spray for throat 1 dose 4 times. Viral infection take 5-7 days to get better. If temperature will very high or white stripes would be more then perform blood test to exclude mononucleosis and start to give acyclovir 30 mg/kg daily divided for 2 times. Start on these changes and get back to me in 5 days. Wish your child good health.