I have been fighting strep since November and am curious if a hundred years ago if strep was fatal??
2007-02-07 01:48:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
I am on 2500 mg of Amoxacillin a day for 14 days, wait a week then they are going to test me again, if still postive, will be the fourth test, then the tonsils come out. I am doing all I can and appreciate everyone's concern.
2007-02-07 11:16:36 · update #1
If strep is left untreated it can progress to Rheumatic fever which affects your heart and can be fatal...there you go.
Hope you feel better soon.
2007-02-07 03:25:39 · answer #1 · answered by dirty_dolly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didn't have drugs that could deal with the infection that's why penicillins were so vital to restoring health. More people died from disease that the actual combat in the prior centuries.
You've most likely picked up a drug resistant form of staph which they call MRSA which is often fatal. May you heal quickly.
2007-02-07 10:08:09 · answer #2 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say definitely yes. Strep is still fatal today if it gets bad enough and is not taken care!!! It can kill you!
2007-02-07 09:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by ricegirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strep infections can be fatal now.
2007-02-07 09:50:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have had strep all my life practically.
My toncels are the size of a 4 grapes put together.
It probably wasn't fatel
and they probably ate horehound to stop it
because horehound helps that kind of things
and its good too!
2007-02-07 09:58:34 · answer #5 · answered by Bethaney 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it was in some cases, depending on the person, their health and the severity. in fact, when i was a little girl, our choir director who was only 30 something died from it. you need to get it taken care of, because it can do harmful things throughout your body.....
2007-02-07 09:53:55 · answer #6 · answered by rocketgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alot was fatal 100 years ago....
2007-02-07 09:52:10 · answer #7 · answered by Tammy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and can still be today. My sister died from it last summer.
2007-02-07 09:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i will use my time machine,go back there and find out for you. Here I go.....VAROOM
2007-02-07 09:51:23 · answer #9 · answered by paul k 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋