Re: Off Topic - Strep question

[Guest guest]

My son was a carrier of strep. I got it 5 times in one year. My son, not the

carrier, got it once. My daughter never got nor did my husband. I finally got

the doctor to check all three kids. never showed any symptoms. But, he

tested positive. Once we treated him, I didn't get strep again. We treated him

the end of 1998 and early 1999. I also noticed that other kids in his class

stopped getting strep after he got treated. Who started it? Who knows? But

was definitely a carrier.

Maureen

[Guest guest]

They take a strep test. I spoke with the doc earlier, and he said if

someone in my family was a carrier, someone would be getting strep in the

family. He asked if anyone else, but this family was getting strep, and of

course, the answer was no. He said, " Well than they have a carrier in the

family, a mono situation with one or all, or the children are coming in

contact with a carrier. He also asked if my kids had contact with hers and

I told him no. He said, than its not your family, its theirs.

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> You're kidding! I've had strep about 4 times this past year -- how do

they

> determine if someone in the family is a carrier? How does one become a

> carrier? Weird!

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[Guest guest]

jim wrote:

> You're kidding! I've had strep about 4 times this past year -- how do they

> determine if someone in the family is a carrier? How does one become a

> carrier? Weird!

>

>

Actually the dr. told me that they couldn't treat as a carrier since he had

no history of strep. Duh, you wouldn't swab him because he exhibited no

symptoms. If you got strep that much, I would have the whole family checked.

That's what we did. When I was on my last round of antibiotics, my daughter was

scheduled for a 3 month check up. I called and told them that we were bringing

in all kids to be swab for strep. My dr. was so upset that I kept getting

strep. Dh got swab out at his dr. Before the swab, the dr. examined all kids

and found no symptoms. But, the swab showed to have strep. So, we were

all on antibiotics. Didn't thrill me but I was sick of being sick! It's been

wonderful since then!

Maureen