While a sore throat can be a side effect of many other illnesses, it's also the most telling symptom of strep.

Strep is different from a regular sore throat because it’s caused by bacteria, not a virus. Find a symptom comparison chart ...

Signs it's more than a cold include a sore throat, chills, diarrhea, nausea, and throwing up. Your body is likely getting ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics reports the flu, strep throat and hand, foot and mouth this week. At Penn State Health ...

Bacterial Infections - Streptococcus bacteria are responsible for strep throat, a more severe form of throat infection that may require antibiotics. Environmental Irritants - Smoke, pollution ...

other symptoms of strep throat may include: Fever Chills Red spots or white patches on the tonsils A throat culture will tell you whether you have the infection. If you do have strep throat ...

A bacterial infection like strep throat usually causes guttate psoriasis, while plaque psoriasis can occur as a result of many triggers including genetics. If you or your child has guttate ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand foot and mouth, the flu and viral upper respiratory infections this week.

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Then there's strep, the dreaded infection parents worry about with large tonsils and a sore throat. The ear, nose, and throat specialists, those ENT doctors, don't remove large tonsils with strep ...

The first thing to understand is that strep throat isn't a virus the way many other seasonal ailments are but is instead a contagious bacterial infection. It causes inflammation and discomfort by ...