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Bacterial or streptococcus laryngitis
One of the most common infections in children, and a common cause of antibiotic treatment.
Although the disease is described and known more by our ancestors, it is still confusing and a pity.
Sources for this chapter are diverse - Clinical guidelines published by excellent Israeli pediatricians and published in January 2018, Official Guidelines for the American Pediatric Association published in 2012, Infectious Disease Textbook (RED BOOK), and most of all personal experience.
So how do you say? Sore throat or tonsillitis?
In fact a pretty similar definition.
Throat inflammation - redness and pain in the posterior pharynx.
Tonsillitis - redness, pain, and sometimes white discharge on the tonsils.
There is a clinical difference between these two conditions. I want to say that there is a difference between seeing a throat that is a little red and seeing tonsils that are really pus and white. Although practical and for the purposes of this chapter, I will use the term strep throat to describe the overall "basket" of these infections.
What is caused by strep throat in children (and adults)?
Throat inflammation is primarily caused by viruses. Mostly respiratory viruses of various kinds but also Avstein-Bar virus and cytomegalovirus that cause a disease sometimes called "kiss disease".
The small proportion of cases is caused by bacteria, first of all, group A streptococcus.
What is the clinical manifestation of strep throat in general, and strep throat caused by streptococcus in particular?
Streptococcus throat inflammation usually has a rapid (sharp) onset of symptoms that include a combination of fever, headache, swallowing pain, and abdominal pain. There may be a typical voice for a child called a "hot potato voice".
A typical rash can indicate scarlatina (second), see below.
In the pharyngeal examination, you can see a considerable ruby of the back of the palate, swelling, and redness, and white ejaculations covering the tonsils. Enlargement and pain of lymph nodes in the neck area are common.
The lack of fever and the presence of symptoms such as cough, runny nose, otitis media, or hoarseness often indicate viral infection and not a bacterial infection.
What is the common age for strep throat?
The disease is most common between the ages of 5 and 15 years. But of course, it can appear before and even after. Many parents of children also suffer, and here and there I also see grandparents with a strap received by the grandchildren ...
The disease is not less than 3 years old.
I can attest that there have been unusual cases of strep infection for over two years. These are not common cases and most often it is a child who has older siblings or whose son has children over 3 years of age. But those are the exceptions to the rule.
If your doctor has taken a strep throat for streptococci in a child under the age of two (or worse, given antibiotics for this infection without taking a strep throat), try to figure out what the cause was, as this is usually an error. Even if the surface returned positive, see below.
One of the most common infections in children, and a common cause of antibiotic treatment.
Although the disease is described and known more by our ancestors, it is still confusing and a pity.
Sources for this chapter are diverse - Clinical guidelines published by excellent Israeli pediatricians and published in January 2018, Official Guidelines for the American Pediatric Association published in 2012, Infectious Disease Textbook (RED BOOK), and most of all personal experience.
So how do you say? Sore throat or tonsillitis?
In fact a pretty similar definition.
Throat inflammation - redness and pain in the posterior pharynx.
Tonsillitis - redness, pain, and sometimes white discharge on the tonsils.
There is a clinical difference between these two conditions. I want to say that there is a difference between seeing a throat that is a little red and seeing tonsils that are really pus and white. Although practical and for the purposes of this chapter, I will use the term strep throat to describe the overall "basket" of these infections.
What is caused by strep throat in children (and adults)?
Throat inflammation is primarily caused by viruses. Mostly respiratory viruses of various kinds but also Avstein-Bar virus and cytomegalovirus that cause a disease sometimes called "kiss disease".
The small proportion of cases is caused by bacteria, first of all, group A streptococcus.
What is the clinical manifestation of strep throat in general, and strep throat caused by streptococcus in particular?
Streptococcus throat inflammation usually has a rapid (sharp) onset of symptoms that include a combination of fever, headache, swallowing pain, and abdominal pain. There may be a typical voice for a child called a "hot potato voice".
A typical rash can indicate scarlatina (second), see below.
In the pharyngeal examination, you can see a considerable ruby of the back of the palate, swelling, and redness, and white ejaculations covering the tonsils. Enlargement and pain of lymph nodes in the neck area are common.
The lack of fever and the presence of symptoms such as cough, runny nose, otitis media, or hoarseness often indicate viral infection and not a bacterial infection.
What is the common age for strep throat?
The disease is most common between the ages of 5 and 15 years. But of course, it can appear before and even after. Many parents of children also suffer, and here and there I also see grandparents with a strap received by the grandchildren ...
The disease is not less than 3 years old.
I can attest that there have been unusual cases of strep infection for over two years. These are not common cases and most often it is a child who has older siblings or whose son has children over 3 years of age. But those are the exceptions to the rule.
If your doctor has taken a strep throat for streptococci in a child under the age of two (or worse, given antibiotics for this infection without taking a strep throat), try to figure out what the cause was, as this is usually an error. Even if the surface returned positive, see below.
