| arents have a lack of information when coming to | | | | in this case the only thing a doctor can do is treat |
| deal with affections their children develop. In most of | | | | the pain associated with the sore throat. The human |
| the cases they get worried over nothing and | | | | organism will fight the viral infection by its own. |
| exaggerate over mild and temporary diseases their | | | | The strep throats are treated with antibiotic drugs. |
| children have at some moment in life. | | | | Generally a child who follows a treatment with |
| The most frequent problems a child can have are the | | | | antibiotics will be able to go to school after 24 hour |
| respiratory affections. They impress the parent with | | | | of treatment as it is considered no longer infectious. |
| the symptoms these affections give and worry him | | | | The virus infection of a throat is infectious for others |
| too much. Some parents are not well informed on | | | | long before the symptoms are visible, so the child |
| respiratory infections for example, and adopt | | | | can continue to go to school even though he has a |
| protection measures for their child and other children | | | | viral sore throat. |
| which are totally not necessary. Quite frequently, | | | | When talking about ear infections, it is more difficult |
| parents ask the doctor whether they have to keep | | | | to see whether they are produced by a virus or a |
| their child isolated from other children until the sore | | | | bacterium like in the case of a sore throat. Getting |
| throat or ear infection is cured because they believe | | | | liquid from behind the ear drum is too difficult to be |
| that the child is very contagious. | | | | made so testing the patient for an etiology of the |
| The doctor will tell them that sore throats can be | | | | disease is hard. |
| caused by a viral or bacterial infection. The virus | | | | Studies say that up to one third of the ear infections |
| generally gives the symptoms of a cold like: runny | | | | are caused by viruses and they do not need |
| nose, cough or watery eyes, while the sore throat | | | | antibiotic treatment. As the doctors can't find out |
| caused by bacteria does not give symptoms which | | | | which patient has a viral ear infection and which has a |
| look like those in a cold. A throat infection with | | | | bacterial ear infection antibiotic treatment will be |
| bacteria is also known as a strep throat. | | | | prescribed to all the patients. The ear infections are |
| The best thing to do in order to give an accurate | | | | not contagious so parents should not keep their |
| diagnosis is to test the patient and see exactly who | | | | children away from the daily activities and from other |
| causes the sore throat. It is known that antibiotic | | | | children. |
| drugs can not treat infections caused by viruses and | | | | |