# I have Strep **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strep/338487 "2006-01-04T23:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strep/338487/1 "2006-01-04T23:56:48Z")
Looks like many of us are getting sick. I can use all the well wishes I get ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strep/338487/2 "2006-01-05T00:42:34Z")
> [@MannyL](#): > > ``` > I have Strep > > ``` Did she bring her Oscars? ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strep/338487/3 "2006-01-05T02:15:38Z")
Presumably you’ve been told this by a doctor who did a strep test and prescribed appropriate antibiotics. If that’s the case, just be sure you finish the prescribed meds, even though you’ll probably be feeling much better in a day or two. Drink lots of liquids too. And rest. Hope you recover soon and without complications. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strep/338487/4 "2006-01-05T02:34:45Z")
Feel better soon. And use Listerine. My grandfather swears by it. Got a cold? Gargle with Listerine. Allergies? Gargle with Listerine. Broken arm? Gargle with Listerine. The afternoon before my cousin’s wedding, he made me go through half a bottle to try to get rid of my cold. (I think that I undid all his good work by sneaking out to meet my aunt, uncle and brother in the bar for irish coffee.) So maybe that’s my advice: Listerine and irish coffee. But not together. Because that would just be gross. Um, anyway, feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strep/338487/5 "2006-01-05T02:36:04Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Did she bring her Oscars? Dammit, **NoClueBoy** , ya’ beat me to it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strep/338487/6 "2006-01-05T03:05:32Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Presumably you’ve been told this by a doctor who did a strep test and prescribed appropriate antibiotics. If that’s the case, just be sure you finish the prescribed meds, even though you’ll probably be feeling much better in a day or two. > > Drink lots of liquids too. And rest. > > Hope you recover soon and without complications. Also you may want to consider getting a new toothbrush. I had strep in November last year and was put on the full course of antibiotics for it, but then it came back, even harder than before. The culprit: my toothbrush. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-strep/338487/7 "2006-01-05T03:20:06Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Presumably you’ve been told this by a doctor who did a strep test and prescribed appropriate antibiotics. If that’s the case, just be sure you finish the prescribed meds, even though you’ll probably be feeling much better in a day or two. > > Drink lots of liquids too. And rest. > > Hope you recover soon and without complications. Oh yes he did a culture or rather had one of his assistants do the culture then he came back and told me it was Strep. He sounded a little suprised. He gave me some scripts Tussin for the cough. somthing that starts with a C for the Strep and a nasal thingie. My medicine choices are limited because I can’t swallow pills. I swear it’s psychological and one day I will seek threapy over it > [@Campion](#): > > Feel better soon. And use Listerine. My grandfather swears by it. Got a cold? Gargle with Listerine. Allergies? Gargle with Listerine. Broken arm? Gargle with Listerine. > > The afternoon before my cousin’s wedding, he made me go through half a bottle to try to get rid of my cold. (I think that I undid all his good work by sneaking out to meet my aunt, uncle and brother in the bar for irish coffee.) So maybe that’s my advice: Listerine and irish coffee. But not together. Because that would just be gross. > > Um, anyway, feel better. Thanks for the advice. I don’t use mouthwash because I can’t gargle everytime I try I swallow it. I wish I could switch that will my pill problem > [@Dragwyr](#): > > Also you may want to consider getting a new toothbrush. I had strep in November last year and was put on the full course of antibiotics for it, but then it came back, even harder than before. The culprit: my toothbrush. Thats a good idea. I was sick with a cold and felt better then I went back to my electric brush and boom wose then I ever was. I’ll see if I can’t get someone to buy new heads tomorrow and I’ll boil the old head before I use it. I wonder if I put it in a glass of water and nuke it for 4 minutes if that would be hot enough?