Strep Without the Sore Throat?

You CAN have strep without a sore throat. And a queazy stomach is one of the tipoffs.

My kids have had strep many times with no fever. The last strep my older teen had was with a queazy stomach and no sore throat. I mentioned it to his doctor at his physical because it had bothered him for two weeks (he had college exams and then came home), and my wonderful doctor did a strep test. To my shock, it was positive.

It's important to treat strep. It can cause a lot of problems untreated.

Yes, it's possible. My youngest would occasionally run a 99 temp and fairly often complain of a tummy ache. This went on months, maybe a year. Doc never tested for strep. We had a negative ultrasound.

He came down with a sore throat and tested positive for strep. Went back for a recheck and he was positive after one round of antibiotics, again. After getting a second round of medicine, his tummy was magically better and no more random fevers.

Take her temp. Have her tested.

My son tested positive for strep with no symptoms whatsoever. We only tested him because we had recurrent strep cases in the family.

My daughter was 3 yo when I noticed a slight rash on her belly/chest. Since my oldest daughter was being treated for strep I took my youngest to the doctors because I worry about untreated strep leading to Pandas. Sure enough my youngest had strep. Her throat was not red or sore, she did not have a fever and felt great. The only symptom was the rash.

My daughter has had strep and not complained of a sore throat. Yes, her tummy heart, some days it meant she napped more than normal, and may or may not have had a fever.

Yes, definitely possible. One of my daughters had such a brief sore throat that it was like it was sore from being dry and then it passed but then she had the sore neck, nausea, and some other symptoms like a consistent low grade fever and reduced appetite. I thought she was just fighting a cold. I had even looked in her throat for white spots. It was a week or more before I took her to the doctor and they ran a strept test and it came back positive. She had something else too, I forget what... maybe an ear infection? It was my daughter that has ASD so I attributed it to her difficulty with language once we figured out what it was (as the reason she couldn't explain her symptoms fully).

I was told strep never has a cough and always has a fever.

Yes, very possible....my son always gets the sore throat but with my niece, it's her tummy...strep doesn't have a cough, unless if you have asthma and the strep triggers an asthmatic episode

yes-strep is the most baffling illness-no fever, no pain, yes strep-get your little girl tested-adult son now has gone through two cycles of antibiotics since Thanksgiving-sick on the stomach for 13 days-one good day, dropped him back at school today (pathobiology scientist, age 26) symptoms back-what in the name???? He went to the ER during last break and I think this one, too-and will probably go tomorrow-take care, all the best!