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Strep Throat (cont.)

Medical Author:
Steven Doerr, MD

Steven Doerr, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Doerr received his undergraduate degree in Spanish from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He graduated with his Medical Degree from the University Of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado in 1998 and completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine from Denver Health Medical Center in Denver, Colorado in 2002, where he also served as Chief Resident.

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Medical Editor:
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.

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Strep Throat Prevention

  • The best preventive measure against strep throat involves instituting measures to minimize the spread of the illness to others.

  • There is currently no vaccine available to prevent strep throat.

  • Keep eating utensils, dishes, and drinking glasses separate from any infected person.

  • Do not to share foods and drinks, napkins, handkerchiefs, or towels because infection may spread by these objects of personal use.

  • Cover the mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough, this helps prevent the release of infected airborne droplets.

  • Washing the hands frequently will help both the infected person and the uninfected people prevent the bacteria spreading to others.
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