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Q: Pathological conditions of thge throat
asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 23rd, 2009
I want to konw, if i have Mono, or strep throat.
cause i have a past of strep throat, also.


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Dr. Andrijana Shterjovska , MD
replied on January 26th, 2009
Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Answer A5499
Current medical status: Fever, severe sire throat, swollen tonsils, constant fatigue, loss of appetite, body aches, and sore muscles.


Given the symptoms you provided, it can not be assessed for sure whether you have streptococcal pharyngitis, infective mononucleosis or any other infection or pathological condition of the throat.


Since you have given information to have a “susceptible” throat, it might be advisable to visit your family doctor, who will do a complete physical examination of the whole area and might decide to do either a quick strep test or throat swab with antibiogram to exclude bacterial infection (among which is Streptococcus) and, if necessary, to add a white blood cell count with differential, liver function tests or other analyses (such as Paul-Bunnell’s test, etc.) to prove or exclude infective mononucleosis, and start with an adequate treatment, if needed.




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