In studying for my boards part I which are coming up next June, I have already begun to review all that I have studied up to this point in my medical education..hard to believe its coming so quickly..Anyway as a way to keep my avid readers abreast of the most current literature in today's modern medical world I am going to give you little bits and pieces of useful information so you can become well-informed consumers of our health care system (hopefully not Obama-Care)
One of the first topics I am going to tackle is Microbiology---
The first Bug I am going to tackle is the guy that everyone worries about when you get a sore throat.
Strep...The full name being Streptococcus Pyogenes---Pie-oj-e-knees---
The quick and dirty on what you worry about with this one is
1Kid gets a sore throat...(you're not sure but let's say he gets this bug --Streptococcus Pyogenes
2.Doesn't get treated.....a week later...sore throat is better
3.Most times that is what happens..Sometimes however, the person's body makes antibodies against the Strep Pyogenes..No big deal, right.
4. In this case however it is a big deal because then those antibodies which the person's body made against the bug, run around the body and end up in the heart where they mess with the muscle of the heart and you end up with Rheumatic Fever, a serious probably life-altering problem when it probably could have been fixed with one course of antibiotics...
That's why you want to treat the Sore throat, not because of the Sore throat but to prevent the chance of Rheumatic Fever .
Thanks for reading
Greg
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