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Q: Strep

asked by: beccag77 on November 13th, 2007

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Hello, I have strep which I got from my boss' kids now how do I keep my 1 year old son from getting it from me?

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TMJWorld

replied on November 14th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

take your regular precautions clean disinfect---you will be contagious for 48 hours. you may want to have someone baby sit

Marianne0558

replied on November 14th, 2007

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That's pretty hard to do.....
He's likely going to catch some of the germs from you

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