Sores In Back Of Throat

Strep throat is an acute bacterial pharingitis that requires treatment with antibiotics and is caused by the bacterium streptococcus group A beta-hemolytic. There are also viral forms of acute pharingitis - common throat sores, which can have the same symptoms of strep throat, difficulty swallowing, pain, sore throat and discomfort. This similarity between their symptoms leads to confusion, in the absence of precise and proper investigation: while they are generated by different factors, strep throat can be taken for a sore throat and in the other direction. Usually the sore throat does not require treatment, while there are cases where the correct medication is not given to people who have strep throat because of misdiagnosis. The same errors may lead to the administration of antibiotics to patients who have no strong need them. It is therefore essential to have an accurate diagnosis to prevent such situations.

Cases of misdiagnosis have been recently studied and the results are alarming: 50% of children who have strep throat are prescribed antibiotics, they do not need that 33% of children with strep throat are not prescribed treatment necessary (ie they receive the wrong treatment or not receiving medication at all). The people to blame for doctors and pediatricians, because there are very effective methods of diagnosing and distinguishing pharingitis bacterial virus, which makes their unjustifiable error.

Antibiotics are very effective when properly used, but they can also cause strong side effects. in case of good administration, these side effects may include: allergies, nausea, weak immune system. When they are not necessary, but still required, they have no positive effects, they may be harmful to the patient instead. If a patient with strep throat receives additional antibiotic prescribing that one frequency of amoxicillin, penicillin derivatives, erythromycin or cephalosporins, or if the doses are not correct, the side effects can occur. One risk of such a situation is that of bacterial resistance to treatment. Inappropriate treatment induces the person with the tendency to have the answer to future antibiotics, making it necessary for that person to take higher doses.

The available methods for the accurate diagnosis of strep throat are effective enough that many misdiagnoses are not excusable.

This method is simple but very effective and reliable test pharyngeal exudate, which is the growing of a sample of secretion through a spatula rub against the walls of the gorge. Laboratory tests are then performed on the sample and determine if the infection is caused by viruses or bacteria. If the bacterium Streptococcus results to the cause, antibiotics are prescribed in order to eradicate the infection.

Antibiotics are not recommended for viral infections of the throat. The pharyngeal exudate and help to avoid unnecessary prescribing. It is a simple test, rapid and inexpensive and you should take to ensure you receive the correct diagnosis and treatment.