1. Strep Throat By: Erin Mignogna-Dougherty

3. Sharing Water bottles

4. Touching doorknobs, desks, etc. that have the bacteria

6. Around throughout out the year

7. However….

8. Most commonly found in children ages 5-15

10. Red throat, sometimes with white patches

11. Sore throat

12. Headache

13. Stomach ache

14. Nausea

15. Chills

16. Loss of appetite

17. Swollen lymph nodes

20. You can never become immune to Strep Throat

22. Washing your hands often

23. Not sharing water bottles, glasses, etc.

24. Covering your mouth when sneezing and coughing

25. Getting new toothbrushes often

27. Penicillin is usually given in the form of injection when the patient suffers from difficulty of swallowing or vomiting

28. Amoxicillin is given to young children in the form of liquid or chewable tablets because it tastes better and does not require a needle

29. Even though symptoms may go away in a few day, antibiotics should be taken for the full course of treatment, which is usually about ten days