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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Maybe, but this is strep throat, and doctors will recognize that 9 times out of 10 because it presents way different from a cold or a flu.
Normally Strep throat will clear up in a couple of days, so there had to be something else wrong with the kid especially since it sounds like he was bed ridden and then had seizures.
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What thread on science and medicine would be complete without anecdotal evidence to base conclusions? So here's mine. Took my son to the clinic for pretty obvious strep throat, only the doctor doesn't give a prescription straight off because everyone is worried about prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily. They take a swab and will call. Fair enough. We wait a few days and my son can't turn his head because his throat is so swollen. My wide calls the doctor and the doctor said, (aside from no more monkeys jumping on the bed), that yes it is strep throat. Unfortunately now to get a prescription though he would have to come in again, wait at the walk-in and see a doctor for a prescription!
First you have people like me who just don't want to waste everyone's time by sitting there with the sniffles. Then you have a convoluted and might I say ridiculous procedural system that makes it even more dreaded.
Obviously this poor little boy had some major issues. I like to think and hope that I would've taken him to the clinic in a similar position, but the terrifying part is that I really don't know. I'm not some kook who self medicates everything or won't accept medical attention, I just wouldn't want to go unless its really necessary and maybe I would miss that line.