Re: Strep infection with no fever?

[Guest guest]

Rose,

My daughter had strep in early January with no fever. However, she was very

lethargic and sick to her stomach. Needless, to say, by the time I figured out

I needed to take her in to see a doctor, she had a really bad case of strep.

So much so that she had pus on her throat. Anyway, she can't verbalize what's

wrong either, so it was a guessing game. The only time she had a fever(and it

was maybe 100.5-100.9) was the day before I took her in to the clinic. I don't

really know the reason, but maybe since strep is a bacterial infection? I

mean, with ear infections a lot of children don't have fever, you know? MHO

Ginger

[Guest guest]

Interesting...thanks so much for sharing your experience. :-) It is

so odd. I mean, my dd's strep was just as I expected (and have

experienced with her in the past) -- fever, lethargy, coughing, sinus

congestion and complaints of sore throat. My son -- none of this. I

remember one other time that my dd had strep, she had the tummy

problems too. Again, my son hasn't had any of this. The things you

learn from your kids!

Have a good day,

rose

On Jan 23, 2007, at 4:19 PM, ginger587@... wrote:

> Rose,

>

> My daughter had strep in early January with no fever. However, she

> was very

> lethargic and sick to her stomach. Needless, to say, by the time I

> figured out

> I needed to take her in to see a doctor, she had a really bad case

> of strep.

> So much so that she had pus on her throat. Anyway, she can't

> verbalize what's

> wrong either, so it was a guessing game. The only time she had a

> fever(and it

> was maybe 100.5-100.9) was the day before I took her in to the

> clinic. I don't

> really know the reason, but maybe since strep is a bacterial

> infection? I

> mean, with ear infections a lot of children don't have fever, you

> know? MHO

>

> Ginger

[Guest guest]

Asymptomatic strep infections are probably more common than we realize. I

know among the psoriasis community, sometimes the only clue at all that

strep might be an issue is a psoriasis flare. They experience no sore

throat, no fever, no rash....I worry during the winter when strep is readily

shared because of my son's psoriasis. He's been tested several times for

strep without symptoms and it has always been positive.

It's also possible for people to be carriers, so they will have the strep

with no symptoms and can pass it on to others.

Drea

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From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Rose Baumann

Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:21 PM

Subject: Strep infection with no fever?

The more time I spend on this planet, the more mysteries I

uncover... :-)

My autistic 5 yo has had very mild nasal congestion and an irritated,

itchy eye for about 3 days. His sis is just getting over strep

throat and I thought i'd better be safe than sorry and take him to

the doc's today (actually, hubby took him as I am sick too!). The

doc did a nasal swab and ran a culture and said he has a strep

infection too!

Why no fever? I mean the kid has been pleasant as anything, same

usual energy level, and absolutely no fever. I thought strep

infections always were accompanied by a fever? This worries me about

him-- I wonder if there have been other infections that I missed

because A.) He is not able to tell me that something hurts and B.) He

hasn't had a fever.

Anyone seen something similar -- strep infection with no fever?

Rose

[Guest guest]

My NT 2 1/2 year old son tested positive for strep 3 weeks ago with

no symptoms. A little back story - my 6 year old NT son was dx with

strep and mono the first week of December. Around the same time my 2

1/2 year old developed a rash on his back. We didn't think too much

of it because he was perfectly fine otherwise. Well after about 3

weeks the rash was markedly better but still there a little bit so I

took him to the pediatrician who thought it was scarlet fever and

strep supposedly can go hand in had with that, so he was tested and

was positive. Well, day three of the antibiotics he got the stomach

bug and couldn't finish the prescription. I took him back last

Friday and he still had the strep and now the rash is dx as excema.

So short story long, yes, they can have strep with no symptoms. I

took my PDD-NOS daughter in Friday afternoon to test her but she was

negative.

What are the natural strep fighters? I saw a post on this awhile

back but cannot remember.

>

> Asymptomatic strep infections are probably more common than we

realize. I

> know among the psoriasis community, sometimes the only clue at all

that

> strep might be an issue is a psoriasis flare. They experience no

sore

> throat, no fever, no rash....I worry during the winter when strep

is readily

> shared because of my son's psoriasis. He's been tested several

times for

> strep without symptoms and it has always been positive.

>

> It's also possible for people to be carriers, so they will have

the strep

> with no symptoms and can pass it on to others.

>

> Drea

>

> _____

>

> From:

> [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Rose Baumann

> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:21 PM

>

> Subject: Strep infection with no fever?

>

>

>

> The more time I spend on this planet, the more mysteries I

> uncover... :-)

>

> My autistic 5 yo has had very mild nasal congestion and an

irritated,

> itchy eye for about 3 days. His sis is just getting over strep

> throat and I thought i'd better be safe than sorry and take him to

> the doc's today (actually, hubby took him as I am sick too!). The

> doc did a nasal swab and ran a culture and said he has a strep

> infection too!

>

> Why no fever? I mean the kid has been pleasant as anything, same

> usual energy level, and absolutely no fever. I thought strep

> infections always were accompanied by a fever? This worries me

about

> him-- I wonder if there have been other infections that I missed

> because A.) He is not able to tell me that something hurts and B.)

He

> hasn't had a fever.

>

> Anyone seen something similar -- strep infection with no fever?

> Rose

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> My autistic 5 yo has had very mild nasal congestion and an irritated,

> itchy eye for about 3 days.

This was food intolerance for me. Might also be supplement intolerance.

>>His sis is just getting over strep

> throat and I thought i'd better be safe than sorry and take him to

> the doc's today (actually, hubby took him as I am sick too!). The

> doc did a nasal swab and ran a culture and said he has a strep

> infection too!

This is common. I used olive leaf extract to eliminate strep for my kids.

Dana

[Guest guest]

> What are the natural strep fighters? I saw a post on this awhile

> back but cannot remember.

I used olive leaf extract with great success.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to comment on the no fever thing. Both my son's were the

" bad double ear infection with NO fever, just fussy " kind of kids. I

have been told by our DAN!/ homeopath some of the " why's " of the no

fever thing. Most of these kids' immune systems are SO compromised

(usually from the live viruses in vaccinations) that their little bodies

don't know what to do to fight infections. So it doesn't respond with a

fever like it is supposed to. As we have worked through our protocol

and have seen GREAT gut/ immune system recovery, my older son has

started to run a fever when he's sick! The first time he ran a fever,

we were all excited!!! Over Christmas he got a MASSIVE ear infection

and bronchitis. His fever got up to 103.5!!! Our homeopath was VERY

excited by this!!! The part that is hard for most of us is that we have

been raised to believe that infections like these ALWAYS require

antibiotics. This is not the case. Besides the MASSIVE amount of

damage that antibiotics do to the gut, there is no real scientific proof

that ALL cases of strep, bronchitis, ear infections, etc. warrant

antibiotics. It's too complicated to explain what we did to treat my

son with this last infection, but basically we gave him lots of

probiotics and immune simulators (like vit. C, etc.), the homeopath gave

us 2 remedies for him to take orally and one to drop in his ear (these

were " basically " a homeopathic version of penicillin) and lots of TLC!

His body did the rest! It was hard to defend this action to people like

my mother in law, who thought I was killing my baby and that this would

damage his ear and he would go deaf. He is, of course, doing just fine

and hears the slightest pin drop! :-)

The main goal for these kids is to try to heal their guts and get their

immune systems unburdened so they can fight infections better. The

hardest part is treating the infections when they come in the middle of

all this protocol. With a good homeopath/naturopath to guide you, you

can safely deal with these infections without causing set backs in your

attempt to heal the gut. Always remember there are more option out

there!! OLE, like Dana suggested, would be one of them!!

Best of luck everyone, and hang in there!!

Susie, mom to Corbin and