Steroids cause return of symptoms

[peglem]

If the strep is negative again they'll just ignore me, but what else causes headache, sorethroat and vomitting over an 8 day period?

 

Epstein Barr=mononucleosis. And its a virus, so antibiotics won't help. I'm not diagnosing, just saying what else could cause those symptoms. When my oldest daughter got mono, I thought it was strep until we took her to the doctor. Strep test was neg. so he tested for EB- positive.

[colleenrn]

Those symptoms are very suspicios for strep (headache, vomiting, sore throat, behavioral changes). The strep test could have been negative b/c he had only been off Augmentin for four days. Hopefully if it is strep, the test will be positive today. Are they culturing it out for 72 hours? Don't ever rely on the rapid strep test UNLESS it is positive.

What COULD have happened is that the Augmentin got rid of enough of the strep to lessen symptoms, BUT upon stopping the Augmentin, your child was either re-exposed to strep, OR there was still strep in his tonsils that just recolonized. This has happened SO many times with my children. Does your child have large tonsils or has any doctor ever mentioned they look cryptic (this makes them more likely to harbor streo in the tonsils AND adenoids and it EASILY recolonizes itself upon stopping antibiotics).

They can't give you Augmentin again b/c he was just on it. I would push for either a cephalosporin (Keflex, Omnicef) OR Zithromax.

Good luck!

Colleen