How can I tell if I have strep throat or not besides looking at my tonsils?

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How can I tell if I have strep throat or not besides looking at my tonsils?This morning I woke up with a sore throat, and I have a stuffy nose, cough, and I've been sneezing
along with it. I'm not sure if its strep throat since I've been getting strep lately like every 3 months.

I had it 2 months ago, then in December and it keeps seeming to come back.

Is there any way I can tell if I have strep throat or not without looking to see if
I have white spots on my tonsils.

The last time I had strep throat I don't think I had white spots on them, but the doctors
said they were really red so if its a regular sore throat itd be red also.

please share your ideas.

thanks
ive also been taking theraflu warming relief for sore throat and flu.

Springz
if you do have strep throat it should be extremely hard for you to swallow, cough, and even speak. Check to see if you have any pain underneath your jawline when you press near it...you may just have to go see a doctor if it doesnt get better to be on the safe side. try cough drops and thera-flu

ER Nurse, NC
The only way to know for sure is to have your throat swabbed at the Dr.s office.

Good luck!

TweetyBird
Have you also been diagnosed with a Strep throat infection every 3 months?

Compare your symptoms carefully with those of a Strep throat infection. A severe and sudden sore throat without coughing, sneezing or other cold symptoms like a stuffy or runny nose, painful & difficult swallowing, red and swollen tonsils, sometimes with white patches or streaks of pus, tiny red spots on the soft or hard palate, swollen, tender lymph nodes in your neck, fever over 101, headache, rash, stomachache and sometimes vomiting. How do you compare?

Of course, it's possible to have many of these symptoms and NOT have a Strep infection. Testing is the definitive means of making an accurate diagnosis and I strongly suggest this be done. Because we can't see viruses and bacteria with the naked eye, just looking isn't always enough.

Helpful answer below. Tonsillitis explained | Better Health Channel
Links to information about tonsillitis , including tonsillectomy.

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