Strep throat

Yesterday I get this sharp pain in my throat and it turns out I have a strep throat. I went to the hospital and they refused to give me anything because I told them about my diagnosis. I hate being in pain and at least I wanted to get a shot. Also I'm flaring again I think and I got my period as well. I hate this

Well that sounds like the worst ER possible. You need antibiotics for strep, can't think why they wouldn't treat you. I recently went to ER with out of control skin infection that was staph (possibly MRSA but not definite). I was given IV vancomycin then sent home with RX for oral antibiotics. Did not upset my UC in the least but I also took extra probiotics for prevention.

I'd report that ER after you get your medical situation under control. I call what they did malpractice.

Post Edited (imagardener2) : 6/12/2016 5:33:54 PM (GMT-6)

So every year I am taken down by strep for the last while. The last two years I ended up in hospital for IV antibiotics as I seem to have trouble shaking it.

This year however I noticed the familiar white dots and that pain - so I took a chance and asked on here what would help as I didn't want to go get the swab and rapid test right away. Someone suggested gargling with a teaspoon of cayenne pepper in a small amount of water as often as I could. They said it would help.

I have to tell ya - It worked! fast... shocked the *sh!t outa me.

It really didn't even taste all that bad. I kinda liked it after a while. I'm not sure if this was really strep this time, but I can tell you I could swallow and eat again after gargling. Might be worth a try if you're looking for an alternative.

PS - Strep is a bad thing to mess around with though.... I played that game once and ended up with Scarlet Fever. Was rough. So be cautious, but consider trying the cayenne pepper to take the edge of. An alternate is to let a teaspoon of coconut oil dissolve in your mouth, but I found it no where near as effective as the pepper.

Post Edited (Canada Mark) : 6/12/2016 6:01:28 PM (GMT-6)

That's good. Hopefully you will feel better soon.

Sounds to me more like the hospital didn't want to prescribe unnecessary antibiotics because of your condition, without first getting culture results back to be sure. If the rapid test was positive they would have prescribed them, but sometimes the rapid test can be negative and you can still be positive upon formal culture - which is what happens with me for some reason.

Yay, glad you're feeling better. A call, email, or contact through their patient portal should get through to your gastroenterologist. Be persistent and they'll get back to you.

glad they are being careful
taking antibiotisc with IBD may be risky
if you have strep its not a question
what meds are you on?

it might be a good idea to pause immunemodulating drugs till strep clears