Strep Throat is an infectious bacterial disease that is contagious and is caused by the inflammation and swelling in the lining of the mucus membranes in the back of the throat and the tonsils. The throat gets a burning sensation and a severe irritation, causing a sudden, severe sore throat. Strep throat generally affects the throat and tonsils and makes swallowing hard. Sometimes a sore throat is mistaken for strep throat. Sore throats are mostly caused by a viral infection and not the streptococcal bacteria. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovered the microscope which lead the microbiologist and scientist to discover the streptococcal bacteria which causes strep throat. The symptoms of strep throat are a quick , painful sore throat, pain when you swallow, a high fever of a 101 degrees F , you …show more content…
Strep throat is from the most common streptococcal bacteria, which is the group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus. There are also other groups of bacteria that can infect the throat that come from groups C and G strep bacteria. Strep throat can make can be given to a person if someone who has strep throat breathes, coughs, or sneezes and the tiny droplets with the strep bacteria go into the air. As the droplets get dispersed in the air they can be breathed in by another person. Strep throat starts within two to five days after someone comes into contact with a person who has the strep infection. Strep throat will most likely go away in 3 to 7 days with or without antibiotics. If the infectious strep throat is not treated with antibiotics, a person will continue to be contagious for two to three weeks even if your symptoms show signs of going away. A person will be less contagious within a 24 hour period after you start taking antibiotics and you will not as likely to develop complications from strep throat. Strep Throat is usually treated with antibiotics such as amoxicillin, cephalexin, or penicillin. Antibiotics work only against bacterial infections such as strep