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Respected sir I am 71 years old man. Since yesterday I am suffering from strep throat. (pain while swallowing. I don't have, no fever, headache, body pain, or breathless ness. However I took one erythromycin tab and did saltwater gargling 3 times. How long it would take to mitigate the pain? Regards dinanath.
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Dear lybrate-user I prefer you get tested for covid if possible. Keep yourself isolated from other family members for few days till all your symptoms come down. Strep throat is a bacterial infection but in covid pandemic we cannot say it's strep untill proved. As far as treatment is concerned tab azithromycin 500 once daily for 5 days tab naproxen 500 once after food only when throat pains tab pantop 40 mg once before breakfast for 5 days.
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