Diagnose my kid

Mrs.Dragonfly77

Red bumps on back of throat, doesnt want to talk ( big sign she is not well..lol) slight fever of 100. not eating normally had runny nose yesterday and sneezing, today not so much.

Waiting for call back from dr. Today is lilys bday party and she feels crappy 

kmslwsmrs

strep

UsedToBeGoldie

strep is going around big time... we all had it a week ago.

i would postpone the party.

Nygirl76

If it's not strep, (which is going around right now) then my guess would be coxsackie virus.  Hope she gets the meds she needs and feels better soon!

MrsJerseyJets

I always thought with strep you would see white spots, not red?  My daughter and I just had 2 different throat ailments in the last 2 weeks--mine was probably due to a cold, but I got a bad throat infection from it, was not pretty.  And my daughter right before that just had coxsackie!  Pediatrician said it was SO rare to see it this time of year, had asked if we'd been anywhere warm or tropical (which we haven't).  She had a sore throat with fever for 2 days, and we saw red spots in her mouth, including the roof of her mouth.  Luckily her's didn't end up developing much, no sores or blisters, her's must've been a mild case.  I wouldn't rule that out though because it's obviously around somewhere!

UsedToBeGoldie

MrsJerseyJets:

I always thought with strep you would see white spots, not red?  

not always in the early days... none of my boys or DH or I had the white bumps this past time- but all tested positive with cultures.

nmc29

Sounds like strep.