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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious.  Why do you call this "new"?  Over the years, we've had several negative results in office but the cultures come back positive.[/quote]

Not OP but I think the point is that there are a lot of cases of strep going around without the 'traditional' awful sore throat and fever.[/quote]

Thank you. Having a kid with PANDAS (totally controllable by antibiotics, not chronic like some cases become) a post like this was VERY valuable to us previously. Child came down with overnight OCD but hadn't even complained of a sore throat at all. Strep test (culture and rapid) said negative. But blood draws told a different story - titers were elevated in a way that said a strep infection had been or currently was present.

Strep is no joke. For some people it can be very straightforward but in other instances, it can really lead to problems. PANDAS is similar to rheumatic heart fever (which is even more serious) in pathology. If your child is "off" and has a cold, chances are very good it's just a cold. But if behavioral issues or other things start to occur, don't rule out strep involvement, even if you've never really had a severe bad throat, fever, etc.

PS. Obviously sometimes strep can happen at the same time as a cold - so you would get the runny nose, cough, etc, in addition to the sore throat, so you'd think "oh, strep doesn't usually present with x, y, z" but then the strep can still be there.

Anyway, 'tis the season! We've avoided strep so far but I'm not sure our luck will hold out. It's a real pain for our family... And I'm just glad we know what to look for and how to treat.  [/quote]

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