Can a herx cause a sore throat

[norcalmom]

Hi all,

 

My son had a strange gum infection that prompted me to take him off his high does of minocycline and his A-myco for a couple weeks. He just started back up - I did 2 days of mino only at half does, and then upped it to full dose. Didn't start the A-myco back up yet.

 

on second day of full dose started to complain of a headache (for him that would be normal reaction to starting antibitotic) but he is also complaining of a sore throat, and a bit of stomach ache. He has no signs of strep (never gotten a strep throat that I know of - beleive me we have swabbed him ALOT)...And I'm wondering if I should get him swabbed, or if this could be a herx, letting a couple more days go by....

 

Thanks - I think others have said "flu-like symptoms" are typical herx - but the only thing that DS every had was a headache when we switched his antibiotics before. He also started back up on Mino - before we took the break he was on Doxy, so different antibitoc (he may ahve gotten a few does of the Mino before I stopped everyting)

 

Does - "flu-like" include sore throat?

[sf_mom]

Absolutely... A friend would actually take on flu like symptoms plus Laryngitis along with sore throat. It happened at least 3 times for her when starting a specific antibiotic. She initially felt she was allergic to antibiotic and why they stopped and started it so many times but it turned out it was just an intense herx response. Now that her bacterial load is down the antibiotic no longer presents a problem and she takes it daily.

[norcalmom]

Thanks SF Mom !

 

He's not exacerbating....maybe just a bit grumpy...so weather its a cold or herx - he's doing better than when we first started on the doryx 4 months ago - so its good.

 

Hope you are all doing well in the SF Mom household!