STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS

1. Affects both genders equally

2. Antibiotics

3. Epidemiology

3.1. Rapid onset

3.2. Peaks in winter and early Spring

4. Treatment

5. Diagnosis

5.1. Based on presentation

5.1.1. Presents differently in children

5.1.1.1. exclusionary symptoms

6. Invasion of micoorganisms

7. diffuse Exudate

8. Clinical presentation

8.1. Painful sore throat

8.2. Poor appetite

8.3. Fever >101 degrees child's fever is 102.8

9. Pathophysiology

9.1. Microorganisms penetrate mucous barrier and attach to epithelial cells

10. Adaptive responses

10.1. Swollen tonsils 4+ edema

11. Risk Factors

11.1. Upper respiratory infections

11.1.1. environment