Streptococci: Seven symptoms can be warning signs

In the case of an infection with streptococci, various clinical pictures can occur.

Typical symptoms indicate an illness.

Streptococci are among the most common childhood infections.

Children up to the age of seven are particularly affected.

The bacteria spread quickly and stay in the human body for a long time, so that infected people remain contagious for up to three weeks.

The incubation period for a streptococcal infection, on the other hand, is extremely short and is usually two to four days.

Some typical symptoms can indicate a possible disease.

Streptococci: Seven symptoms can be warning signs of illness

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Streptococci are spherical bacteria.

They typically arrange themselves in chains and pairs.

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On the one hand, streptococci are spherical bacteria that belong to the skin and mucous membrane flora and colonize, among other things, the intestine, mouth and throat.

On the other hand, streptococci can also make you ill: group A streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes) are responsible for acute infections in the upper respiratory tract (e.g. inflammation of the middle ear, paranasal sinuses, throat or tonsillitis) and can trigger the childhood disease scarlet fever.

The following typical symptoms usually occur during an infection:

• chills

• high fever

• nausea

• Vomit

• flushed face

• skin rash

• Sore throat

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Streptococci: How a disease can be treated

The contagious disease, which is spread by droplet infection, is treated with medication.

An infected person can be considered no longer contagious just 24 hours after taking penicillin.

Nevertheless, patients should always be isolated.

Even if a streptococcal infection can usually be treated quickly, depending on the symptoms and the course of the disease, the body needs a lot of rest.

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