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[Riverkilt]

Hey Anne,

There's a nasty combination of virus and strep going around - the virus exacerbates the coughing from strep. Get thee to a doctor to get tested for strep. If it is that they can give you antibiotics to make it go away and perhaps some lovely cough medicines or pills to stop the coughing.

Main point - strep is rampant this year. If you're coughing get the quick test to find out if you need to fight it.

[WClarkB]

Hey Anne,

There's a nasty combination of virus and strep going around - the virus exacerbates the coughing from strep. Get thee to a doctor to get tested for strep. If it is that they can give you antibiotics to make it go away and perhaps some lovely cough medicines or pills to stop the coughing.

Main point - strep is rampant this year. If you're coughing get the quick test to find out if you need to fight it.

A couple of points:
The rapid strep is a screen and is not 100% sensitive, so you can miss it unless you do a culture as well.

The local incidence of strep is hugely variable and the assocoation may not be anywhere near true enough in your area.

Coughing is a good sign for a URI, flu, etc but not for strep which temds to produce high fever, sore throat headache and sometimes funny movements (tics).

PweMde