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How can you tell the difference between a sore throat from the common cold and a sore throat from strep throat?

I have had a sore throat for 2 days now. I got strep a lot as a kid,but haven't for a few years now. How can you tell if your sore throat is just from having a cold or from having strep throat? Thanks!

Ugh, I'm a strep throat pro. 2 cases in 3 weeks, NOT FUN! The deal with strep is it can be either viral or bacterial. How do you know the diff? Viral typically comes along with cold symptoms, sneezing, coughing, runny nose, congestion, etc. Viruses do NOT need antibiotics and will run their course in a week or so. Every time I've had strep throat i have NO cold symptoms and it comes on very suddenly. As in a matter of hours, i have a pretty painful sore throat. If you have a mini light, you can check out the back of your throat. Are your tonsils swollen? Do you see yellow/white spots on the back of the throat? If so, it's likely strep bacteria. Also, you tend to have higher fevers when it's bacterial, above 101.

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