Jackassalope

I'm Strepped

In case you were wondering, your body can cure itself of strep throat. It may take a little longer, but antibiotics aren’t an absolute necessity. I found this out today. As long as you can deal with the fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, headache, and ear aches, your body just kind of figures it out.

I was also told by my doctor that even if you’re taking antibiotics you can still be contagious if you have symptoms. The whole 24 hour and you’re in the clear thing isn’t stand pat, so it’s wise to avoid orgy make out sessions and deal making spit handshakes. Finally, you may all feel privileged to know that strep throat is just as contagious as a cold or a flu, so the same precautions should be taken for all.

That being said, if you read online that if you have strep and don’t get meds, it will more than likely take 21 days for symptoms to subside, or if left untreated you may get scarlet fever, you can relax. This rarely happens. And just because you didn’t go to doctor four days ago when you were on your death bed doesn’t mean being in the office today is going to bring a plague upon break room. So you don’t have to freak out when all of your co-workers look at you with the stink eye, rush to the doctor, and waste a $25 co-pay just to find this out. That would be exhausting and waste a good portion of your day.