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Summary: Treat strep throat by seeing a doctor promptly. Caring for the symptoms of strep throat at home includes sleeping in high humidity areas, drinking lots of fluids and checking out the health information of a practicing nurse in this free video on strep throat.
Dan Carlson has a degree in practical nursing, and he is a board-licensed practical nurse out of Minnesota. Carlson has worked in every aspect of care for the elderly and handicapped....read more
"If you find yourself with a consistent sore throat or very harsh painful sore throat, you may have strep throat. How to treat strep throat, I'm Dan Carlson and I'm a nurse. The first thing that you're going to want to do is to actually see a doctor to see if it is strep throat and see what kind of medications or suggestions he has regarding the treatment of strep throat. One good thing is to do to treat the strep throat after you've seen a doctor is to maybe use a humidifier to help soothe that sore throat. Taking certain medications and altering your diet are also very important. Increasing fluids, that's also something you're going to want to do as to kind of wash out all the impurities in your system. Now a doctor may recommend certain antibiotics and things like that, but the medications you'll take on the side are basically to treat the symptoms of the soreness and any other problems you're having with sore throat. But definitely try to keep a high humidity area, drink lots of fluids, but most importantly see a doctor first to regard if it is or not strep throat. I'm Dan Carlson, that's how to treat strep throat."
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