Azithromycin strep throat
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I was diagnosed with Strep Throat about 2 weeks ago. I went one week taking Amoxicillin 3 times a day. By the next Monday, I was worse. I called my doctor, who changed me to Azithromycin. My laryngitis is better. Most of the sore throat is gone. However, I still have sore swollen glands, and I still have a large white pocket in my throat (Next to my Faucial Pillars). Is this typical? How long should I give it for the white patch and gland stuff to go away?
Z-packs (azithromycin = Zithromax) have worked quite well for my daughter's strep infections.
Z-pac is usually a five day course of antibiotic that lasts for ten days. I would recommend that if you are not feeling better by day five that you go ahead and call the dr's office and see what they recommend. You definitely want the infection to be gone by the time your antibiotic stops working. Some people take a steroid to help with the inflamation in the throat.
So, November 7th, I had unprotected oral sex and protected anal sex. Well, he went in once without a condom and I made him pull out to put a condom on. Anywho, around November 26th, my throat was sore and had inflamed tonsils with white patches on them. I immediately got scared and went to the ER where she said it was strep but didn't take a throat swab. She prescribed me Keflex and I went back two days later because of no improvement.
Well, like I said it could be the chronic sore throat cause by Fusobacterium as In my post. Some strep that cause strep throat can be resistant to Azithromycin. It depends on if they did a culture and antibiotic sensitivity test or threw an antibiotic at you. Which is what doctors tend to do. Most streps are still sensitive to penicillin though, but some strains have become resistant or not as sensitive anymore.
I am a male and had unprotected oral sex with another male, including kissing. A day later I had sex with my female partner. Ten days later, I had a pharyngitis and discomfort at the tip of my penis with no discharge but tingling and discomfort. In the meatal area there was a clear but not discharging secretions. I self treated with 1 gram of Cipro and 1 gram of Azithromycin, followed by 250mg per day of Azithromycin for 2 days. However, symptoms of pharyngitis & urethritis continued.
Doc put me on a combination with Doxy 100 mg twice a day but I had a reaction to Doxy so I only stuck with Azithromycin. My urine analysis showed moderate growth of Strep Group B as well. Doc said that the co infection with strep group B could be the reason for treatment failure against MG. So I've started a Nitrofurantoin course for 7 days 100 mg twice a day for Strep Group B. Symptoms are better but not fully resolved after Azithromycin. Will retest after 3 weeks and update.
I went to a dr and started a zpack and cefuroxime and later that day had a throat swab for strep, chlamydia and gonorrhea. I had already had 500mg of cefuroxime and 500mg of Azithromycin before the throat swab.
They turned out negative after several days.
The next morning a NAA urine test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. Also negative.
Five days after exposure I started getting slight burning in my urethra and urgency to urinate.
Well, it may not be strep if he hasn't done a strep test or culture. Do you have pus in your throat or did you? Do you have a high fever/ He is probably just treating for a variety of bacteria. Yes if you haven't cleared the sore throat and ear infection (which could also be viral. You should really get cultures done if it hasn't cleared or clarify if he thinks it is viral but is treating empircally to make sure you don't get a secondary infection such as pneumonia.
Almost certainly your sore throat was a garden variety respiratory virus -- or maybe a strep throat. The azithromycin Z-pack would not help a virus, so your doctor must have thought a bacterial infection like strep was possible. However, with the symptoms continuing, a virus is much more likely.
As for the "ironic" timing with your sexual exposure, maybe the two events in fact were related; i.e.
The doctor told me it was probably strep throat and prescribed me penecillin. My throat got better. Only 12 days off of the antibiotics, and I decided to get tested for a STD as the symptoms of painful urination and an itch in my penis worsened and became much more bothersome. Now I'm wondering, could this strep throat really have been gonorrhea or another STD.
usually it's strep throat but since you've been on antibiotics, hard to tell which is why being seen is a good idea.
no real reason to think oral herpes.
Doctor thinks she has strep so he took a strep test. Doctor said strep was highly contagious and asked if our 3 kids and myself got it. But nope only my wife.
Questions:
1. After readying the above what do you think my risks are for STD's?
2. If my wife does have strep throat is it possible that me and our 3 kids will not catch strep? We shared drinks on Saturday night,wife already starting having sore throat. Doc told her its highly contagious.
3.
Days after I became sick with a sore throat, I was diagnosed with strep group C after 3 weeks. I was put on a variety of antibiotics (azithromycin / cephalexin / clindamycin ) for the strep. Sore throat has lasted 8 weeks, but it's improved a lot.
After 4-5 weeks, I started getting very concerned that I picked up an STD as the throat was not improving.
At 6 weeks post exposure, I started noticing some pain in urethra.
You should also have your throat swabbed and cultured for strep and have a blood test for epstein barr, which is the main cause of mononucleosis.
It is now Saturday, my daughter was diagnosed with strep throat Wednesday night and started amoxicillin in the urgent care, Friday afternoon she broke out in a itchy rash...mostly on her torso but some on her legs, neck, and arms. She has been on amoxicillin several times before from ear infections when she was little. The only difference with that is it is no longer pink (the amoxicillin).
I went to a clinic yesterday and they saw exudates on the back of my throat and gave me Azithromycin (take 1 gm yesterday, 250mg today and tomorrow) and Cefixime (single 400mg dose yesterday). My Rapid Strep A test was negative. The clinicians said that Group G and F (?) have been going around more often (and I work in a medical center). After yesterday's antibiotics, I'm less fatigued today (no naps), though fever still there and lymph node is more tender and larger.
Given that I have taken azithromycin for strep (1.5g), the HSV culture is negative, and it is 10 days post encounter without any obvious HSV symptoms, is it safe to say that I should not be worried or anxious about MOST std's as several would have been cured with the azythromycin and the probability of infection on something like HSV-2 is sufficiently low?
They received flu shots earlier this year, and no signs of strep throat seem visually present. I personally suspect a cold. If it is in fact viral, the doctor wants to use azithromycin now to prevent possible respiratory infection or bronchitis.
I have found a substantial amount of literature online that discusses how using azithromycin with QT prolonging drugs or other rhythm regulators can increase the QT interval and cause dysrhythmia.
Do you see any pus (white spots in the back of the throat or where the injury occurred? It does sound like you may have gotten strep throat or another bacterial infection. It may not have been from the incident but could be a combination of that, which broke the skin, and getting exposed to the bacteria. It would be best to get a throat swab for strep throat. It is a rapid test the doctor can do in the office. Then you can be treated properly.
One week after i still had a sore throat so i looked in my mouth with my phone because i noticed a pink bump when i changed angles i was able to see a white spot so i assumed it was strep so i went in and tested for strep but the test came back negative but they still prescribed me 10 days worth of penecillin. Im not positive if the throat and penis problem are related but figured it would help to disclose that info.
A couple months ago I noticed pain when swallowing on the right side of my throat. I took a flashlight and saw that my right tonsil was inflamed and covered with white specks. I went to my general physician...she ruled out strep throat. She gave me a 10-day antibiotic...she wasn't quite sure what the problem was. I went through the antibiotic and saw no improvement. That was about a month ago.
Recently, it looks as if the left tonsil is also becoming inflamed/swollen.
My 8 year old daughter has a reoccuring throat infection that requires antibiotics. She took 7 or 8 rounds of it last year and again this year seems to be getting it again. I do not want her to build up antibodies or become allergic to it. I know antibiotics are good here and there, but too much isn't good for you and if I can find a way to help her avoid her throat infections, I'd like to eliminate the need for antibiotics.
She finally looks at my throat, takes a culture and notes that the left side is spotted red and white and seems *****. I am prescribed 5 days worth of azithromycin for the possibility of strep throat and also given 10 days worth of Valtrex. She asks to see me again in 10 days.
It's now the 26th. My throat is still a bit sore, but has definitely improved after my 3 doses of azithromycin and the swelling in my gland has reduced.
s just a bacteria like any other bacteria, like strep throat or an ear infection. I absolutely understand that this is loaded with your husband's infidelity, but you aren't any different because you've had an STD than if you got strep throat from him because he kissed someone else, morally or whatnot. It changes nothing about you as a person.
I'm a 19 year old female. A couple of months ago, I had a heath scare when I went to the doctor's. I was relatively healthy, but then had had a sore throat and was diagnosed with strep throat. I was taking Azithromycin but found that it wasn't relieving my symptoms. Also, I believed that this medicine caused my heart to race and I woke up in the middle of the night with chest pains.
t going to clear a lingering cold, for example. Diagnosed strep throat, sure. Viral bronchitis, no. A clear diagnosis should be your first step. Azithromycin is good at lots of things but it's extremely overprescribed and is leading to the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Don't take it unless you have to.
) Thoughts on whether this could be bacterial? Between strep antibiotics and for this I’ve been on azithromycin for 5 days, cephalexin for 10 days, clindamycin for 10 days, doxy for 7 days, just started cipro for 10 days. I’ve been on so many antibiotics and if it was bacterial wouldn’t the the utheral tube also be red and the other side of the opening ?
2.) Thoughts on whether the redness is HPV?
3.) Any suggestions on what it could be or what what tests I should run?
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