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    I woke up with a killer headache. That headache now feels like my head is in a vicegrip. The pressure! It's all over the front of my face, which means my sinuses. My throat is a little sore, and my glands are swollen. Yet...I feel fine....
    Maybe it'll pass before it hits me. I don't want to get sick now! I just started working and doing good again!

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    Drink a ton of Emergen-C.

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    Think it's strep throat. I had it once before..and I remember the feeling. Like your head is soo heavy you can't lift it off the pillow...
    Plus..I got the white spots.
    very unfortunate timing.

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    I was going to say Zicam, Airborne, and Emergen-C, but if you got the white spots, well none of that is going to make it go away. Get to a doctor!!

    Oh, if you go to Mexico anytime soon, stop in the pharmacy and buy a huge bottle of amoxicillan so you have it on hand. Just make sure you do a full course of treatment.

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    I love Airborne, but be careful how much you take...it has a LOT of Vitamin A in it which can be toxic to your liver in large amounts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LatinaRose View Post
    I was going to say Zicam, Airborne, and Emergen-C, but if you got the white spots, well none of that is going to make it go away. Get to a doctor!!

    Oh, if you go to Mexico anytime soon, stop in the pharmacy and buy a huge bottle of amoxicillan so you have it on hand. Just make sure you do a full course of treatment.
    Ditto for the Zicam, Airborne and Emergen-C, if you really end up having a cold. Anyhow, the sooner you take them, the quicker you'll recover. Hope you feel better!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LatinaRose View Post
    Oh, if you go to Mexico anytime soon, stop in the pharmacy and buy a huge bottle of amoxicillan so you have it on hand. Just make sure you do a full course of treatment.
    Please don't do that. It's getting to the point a lot of bacteria are resistant to medications and it's behaviors like this that is spreading the resistant genes.

    One antibiotic will not be a catch all for all bacterial infections, and a lot of time it's a virus making you sick so the antibiotics will not be effective. Different antibiotics work on different bacteria, and your particular strain could be resistant to the one you're taking.

    If you think it's strep, please go to a doctor and have a proper culture done and receive the proper treatment.

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    ^^If you speak to your doc and do it properly, this is perfectly okay. Bacteria only become resistant if you don't follow a full course of treatment or take it every time you feel a cold coming on. I have been prescribed Amoxicillan every single time I've had strep and it's always killed it. In fact, my doctor told me it was okay to do this as long as I call him for advice on treatment beforehand.

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    Start flushing out your sinuses--this will keep the bacteria from settling in and causing a deeper infection in your sinuses. Use a neti pot(get it at the health food store), or buy saline nasal rinse at the drugstore.

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    I'm fine!

    Dunno what was wrong....but it never hit me. I felt bad 1 day, and slept it off, I guess. huh. And I alwyas thought white spots meant strep for sure....

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    NO WAY!! I just got diagnosed with strep as well. I have not had it since I was a kid!! I don't work in Vegas but my parents live there. I spent four days there last weekend.

    I had the same headache and some achiness. I took a load of emergen-C and zinc losanges and went to sleep early last Wed. On Thurday, I was better. I had a meeting that day with my main boss who I hadn't met personally yet. (An Australian film producer who I did casting for.) I made sure I was feeling good with a clear head.

    We didn't have time for lunch and I was doing a lot of driving and meeting other people. When I finally went home, I realized I had not eaten in around 10 hours. The headache started and the aches and drowsiness. I went out to dinner because I had to, (my b-day). When I got home and fell asleep on the couch, I woke up and could NOT swallow.

    Went to the Doc the next day and she said it looked like it could be strep, wasn't sure, but gave me anti-biotics.

    Yesterday morning, my throat was so bad, it was a challange to swallow water and I nearly choked to death on an advil.

    I most def have it. Worst thing is, my Australian bosses are in town and I have had parties that I have had to go to. A mega anti-inflammatory and viccodin are getting me through this.

    I hope you get better very soon!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LatinaRose View Post
    ^^If you speak to your doc and do it properly, this is perfectly okay. Bacteria only become resistant if you don't follow a full course of treatment or take it every time you feel a cold coming on. I have been prescribed Amoxicillan every single time I've had strep and it's always killed it. In fact, my doctor told me it was okay to do this as long as I call him for advice on treatment beforehand.
    Wow... honestly, that is what's wrong with doctors. They ARE the cause of bacterial resistance. As a clinical bacteriologist, I am disgusted that doctors are telling patients to go out and get their own antibiotics. I can't wait to tell this to all my coworkers...

    And they also become resistant with OVERUSE, just not by not following the course of treatment. RUnning out and grabbing an antibiotic every you feel bad is just plain wrong. A lot of the times the cause is viral, not bacterial, which means you're just messing with your own natural flora which can be resistant and pass those genes on to other types of bacteria.

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