Is there a good "home" treatment for strep throat?
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ohh owwchie.... well chicken soup is good...also ice to cool the burning. but seriously you should get to a doctor and get on antibiotics. i had strep and waited to long thinking "i'll get rid of it myself" .......well make a long story short it turned a lot worse and cost me 6 legs and 3 arms.  please get some antibiotics.
31658
Strep throat is a bacterial infection caused by a bacteria called streptococcus.  While treating this infection with an antibiotic will speed the recovery from this infection, it is not necessary.  A relatively healthy person's immunce system can fight off this infection.
138255
http://health.ivillage.com/ent/throat/0,,6715,00.html
963249
I would alternate between a couple doses of orange juice. And  then a small spoon of aloe vera gel with a bit of water swished in your mouth and swallowed down different sides of your throat. Keep repeating several times a day.  A good web source for remedies is www.webmd.com&#92;   Strep throat is basically a bad sore throat and that should help. But a doctors visit wouldn't hurt.
454569
You can't.  If you really have step then antibiotics is the only answer.  Strep is not something to play around with.  You can have serious consequences if you let strep go untreated.
148354
sweet echinacea, vitamin C pills, any homeopathic sore throat sprays, NyQuil, and force him to drink water no matter how bad it hurts. I got over my mono this week. I only missed 4 days of work. I got it Sunday 19th and and now I just have a minor sore throat. I also cannot stop yawning, don't know if that has anything to do though. Also make sure he tries to get better. Letting him rest doesn't mean let him sleep all day. Let him get up, watch a movie, walk around the house, do stuff he would normally do with free time. I think that helped me.
331018
Try mixing honey and lemon is a cup of hot water...the honey will soothe your throat...thats what i do...and seems to work...Good Luck..and get well soon!!
180369
Other than cough drops and numbing sprays heat up some lemonaid and drink it hot. Works wonders. Thats what I did when I was pregnant and couldn't take medicines. If the sore throat lasts long you may want to see a doctor and make sure it's not strep.
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Your symptoms are clinically called pharyngitis.  Strep throat (Streptococcal A) is very common but sometimes  Mononucleosis or Epstein bar virus can present at the same time as or present symptoms of a step throat.  It is worth seeing a doctor for treatment when your symptoms don't clear up in a couple days and if you feel increasingly fatigued.  Treatment for strep throat is penicillin antibiotics.  Below I listed a patient site for basic medical info and two other sites with more medical information.  Hope it helps.
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I just got over a really bad sore throat this past weekend. This is what you do:\n1) Drink lots of cool water.\n2) Eat lots of popsicles to soothe the extreme pain of swallowing.\n3) Get lots of rest.\n\nMy doctor told me (over the phone) my sore throat, hoarse voice, and fever was due to a virus and not a bacteria. Therefore, antibiotics would be no use. He went on to say that the body is very good at fighting viral infections if the body has what it needs to do the job. What it needs are lots of fluids and rest. It worked for me. I got sick last Friday and was able to go to work on Monday. This sore throat was the worst one I've had in my life.\n\nGo luck.
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If she also has a fever go to the dr for a strep test.  if she is a teenager she may have mono--those are the symptoms for mono also.  either way see a dr asap.  Until then lots of liquids, tylenol as needed, usual home methods to relieve the sore throat(such as warm salt water gargles--hard for kids to do but try--throat drops, any thing you usually use.)  Avoid throat numbing sprays or lozenges--they supress the gag reflex in young kids and can cause problems.  Good luck and hope she feels better soon.
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Try Zicam.  It's a zinc based remedy that's supposed to reduce the length and duration of sore throats and colds.  You can also suck on zinc lozenges, but I find that they taste bad.  I prefer the Zicam nasal swabs... that way I don't have to taste the zinc.\n\nI've personally used it and can say that Zicam works, at least for me.  My sore throats are gone in half the time and the symptoms are dramatically reduced.  Use it at the first sign of a sore throat or cold (although, you can begin using it at any stage of a cold to reduce the symptoms from that point).
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Strep throat will go away in 3 to 7 days with or without treatment. However, strep throat is still treated with antibiotics even if they do not speed recovery. Antibiotics kill the strep bacteria, shorten the time you are contagious, and reduce the risk of complications, such as the infection spreading to other parts of your body. Drink plenty of fluids and increase humidity (moisture in the air) in your home to help keep your throat moist. Herbal teas formulated for colds may help relieve symptoms. \nTake nonprescription medications to relieve a painful sore throat and reduce fever.
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WARM SALT WATER!!!  I got so sick of hearing my my tell me that when I was a kid, now  when I have a sore throat I do it three or four times a day. This really works.
920429
definitely strep throat, go to the dr for sure and he can put you on antibiotics and u should be feeling better in a week or so
353598
you need an antibiotic. Do you know you have strepthoat? A throat culture is to determine that and if postitive, Dr. should've wrote you a prescription. If you already have an antibiotic and it's not helping...gargle with some warm salt water.
237753
Salt water gargle is about the best you can do for a sore throat.