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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know if I could count.  My kid had strep throat 8 times in 10 months when they were 5/6 years old before the ENT would take out their tonsils and adenoids.  They're now 14 and probably only been on antibiotics a handful of times since that horrible year.  [/quote]
Similar. Kids are 19 and 16. Lots of ear infections, strep throat, etc. from infancy through elementary. Oldest had ear tubes at 18 months then tonsillectomy/ adenoidectomy at 2.5. He then became a non- symptomatic strep throat carrier and spread it to rest of family multiple times before we got a new pediatrician who would put all of us on antibiotics at the same time when one of us had strep. Suspected PANDAS in youngest so he was on antibiotics for several months in elementary school.
For most typical antibiotics, the gut mostly recovers in 2-8 weeks. There are certain antibiotics that have a longer term impact on gut health - like clindamycin, fluoroquinolones, flucloxacillin… 
Although studies show there is a difference in gut biome between those that have taken antibiotics and those that haven’t, there’s no data on what that actually means for over healthy and lifespan. 
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