When your kid starts to complain that their throat hurts ... older adults or those who are immunocompromised). "As I remind my patients, you're contagious until you finish the full course of medicine, ...

Though strep throat is most common in children ages 5-12, Nagata says, "it can affect people of all ages." He explains that someone experiencing strep throat usually has a fever and throat pain ...

A 2014 review published in the Cochrane Database involving 987 children ... from an untreated strep infection. According to Darzynkiewicz, secondary complications from strep include a throat ...

If left untreated, strep can resolve on its ... For example, less than 0.3% of people with strep throat develop rheumatic fever, and it is most common in children ages five to 15 years old.