BETWEEN STREP THROAT SYMPTOMS
AND COVID-19 SYMPTOMS.
((MACLEOD)) HOWEVER THERE ARE
DIFFERENCES. JOINING US OVER
VIDEO CHAT TO SHARE WHAT THOSE
DIFFRENCES ARE... IS
PEDIATRICIAN DR. WHITNEY
GUTIERREZ WITH CHRISTIE
CLINIC. STREP VS. COVID SIGNS
OF STREP THROAT MAY INCLUDE:.
SORE THROAT. DIFFICULTY
SWALLOWING. FEVER, USUALLY
101 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT (38.3
DEGREES CELSIUS) OR HIGHER.
SWOLLEN GLANDS IN THE NECK.
SWELLING OF TONSILS, POSSIBLY
WITH PUS OR BLEEDING SPOTS.
HEADACHE. ABDOMINAL PAIN
AND/OR NAUSEA. A RED SKIN
RASH (SCARLET FEVER), BUT NOT
IN ALL CASES SIGNS OF COVID
MAY INCLUDE:. FEVER OR CHILLS
. COUGH. SHORTNESS OF
BREATH/DIFFICULTY BREATHING.
FATIGUE. MUSCLE OR BODY ACHES
. HEADACHES. SORE THROAT.
LOST OF TASTE OR SMELL.
CONGESTION OR RUNNY NOSE.
NAUSEA OR VOMITING. DIARRHEA
THERE IS CONSIDERABLE OVERLAP
BETWEEN STREP THROAT SYMPTOMS
AND COVID SYMPTOMS. HOWEVER,
SORE THROAT CLASSICALLY DOES
NOT HAVE ANY UPPER RESPIRATORY
TRACT SYMPTOMS LIKE CONGESTION
OR COUGH, WHEREAS COVID CAN.
ALSO WITH STREP, THE THROAT IS
USUALLY RED AND SOMETIMES
THERE MAY BE WHITE SPOTS IN
THE THROAT OR ON THE TONSILS.
IN CHILDREN, SOMETIMES THE
ONLY SYMPTOMS OF STREP THROAT
WILL BE STOMACH ACHE,
HEADACHE, OR FEVER. IN THOSE
CASES, IT IS HARD TO
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN STREP
AND COVID. PER RECENT ARTICLE
IN THE JULY 2020 JOURNAL OF
PEDIATRICS, UP TO 50% OF
CHILDREN WITH COVID ALSO HAVE
A COINFECTION WITH ANOTHER
VIRUS OR BACTERIA. IN ORDER TO
KNOW FOR SURE WHAT IS CAUSING
THE SYMPTOMS, TESTING CAN BE
PERFORMED. WE CAN PERFORM A
RAPID STREP TEST AND HAVE
THOSE RESULTS BACK WITHIN A
FEW MINUTES. DEPENDING ON THE
SITUATION, COVID TESTING MAY
ALSO NEED TO BE DONE AND CAN
TYPICALLY BE DONE DURING THE
SAME VISIT. IF YOU HAVE A
FEVER, CONTACT YOUR PROVIDER.
THEY MAY RECOMMEND TESTING.
WHILE TRYING TO PREVENT
COVID-19, YOU CAN ALSO PREVENT
STREP INFECTION. GOOD
HYGIENE, INCLUDING REGULAR
HAND WASHING. DON
FOOD OR UTENSILS. COVER YOUR
MOUTH WHEN COUGHING OR SNEEZE
. WEARING A MASK WHEN OUT IN
THE COMMUNITY AND YOU CANNOT
PHYSICAL DISTANCE AT LEAST 6
FEET FROM OTHERS. GET YOUR
FLU SHOT.
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