Sore Throats
Children with a sore throat may have an infection, like strep throat or a viral infection, or may have drainage and post-nasal drip from allergies, a cold, or a sinus infection.
Sore Throats and Kids
Review what might be causing your child's sore throat, including strep throat, viral infections, allergies, sinus infections, and reflux.
Review what might be causing your child's sore throat, including strep throat, viral infections, allergies, sinus infections, and reflux.
Scarlet Fever
Although it sounds like a scary diagnosis, it is important to remember that scarlet fever is basically strep throat with a rash. Review the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments for scarlet fever.
Although it sounds like a scary diagnosis, it is important to remember that scarlet fever is basically strep throat with a rash. Review the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments for scarlet fever.
Strep Throat Symptoms
Review the classic symptoms of strep throat, including a fever, sore throat, swollen glands, red tonsils, and the absence of a cough.
Review the classic symptoms of strep throat, including a fever, sore throat, swollen glands, red tonsils, and the absence of a cough.
Strep Throat Tests
Review some of the ways that your Pediatrician can test your child for strep throat, including rapid strep tests and strep cultures.
Review some of the ways that your Pediatrician can test your child for strep throat, including rapid strep tests and strep cultures.
Strep Throat Symptoms
Review the symptoms of strep throat and when you should see your Pediatrician if your child has a sore throat.
Review the symptoms of strep throat and when you should see your Pediatrician if your child has a sore throat.
Tonsillectomy
Review the indications or reasons for when kids should get a tonsillectomy, like when they have sleep apnea or are just getting strep throat a lot.
Review the indications or reasons for when kids should get a tonsillectomy, like when they have sleep apnea or are just getting strep throat a lot.
Strep Throat
Review why a child being treated with antibiotics for strep throat might start coughing.
Review why a child being treated with antibiotics for strep throat might start coughing.
Cold and Flu Symptoms
Typically, parents are told to just treat the symptoms of a cold or the flu and make their child comfortable, because these common infections are caused by viruses and there are no treatments. While symptomatic treatments are important to help your child feel better, this is not totally true anymore. There are many medications available now to help treat the flu.
Typically, parents are told to just treat the symptoms of a cold or the flu and make their child comfortable, because these common infections are caused by viruses and there are no treatments. While symptomatic treatments are important to help your child feel better, this is not totally true anymore. There are many medications available now to help treat the flu.
Allergy Symptoms
Spring time is commonly met with a lot of sneezing, runny noses, and itchy eyes for children with allergies. Learn to prevent and treat seasonal allergies in your kids.
Spring time is commonly met with a lot of sneezing, runny noses, and itchy eyes for children with allergies. Learn to prevent and treat seasonal allergies in your kids.
Sore Throats in Children - About.com Symptom Checker
Check symptoms and treatment of sore throat in children in the Sore Throat in Children section of the About.com Symptom Checker.
Check symptoms and treatment of sore throat in children in the Sore Throat in Children section of the About.com Symptom Checker.