Hello,
Last week Thursday I became ill, fever, sore throat, sore neck arms and legs. I went to a local walkin where I was told I had the flu however they didn't test me. The dr did do a strep test which came back negative. I was prescribed tamiflu. After 2 days my symptoms remained the same but I felt worse and my uvula had become so swollen that I was actually swallowing it when I would swallow. My head was "plugged" up, ears were full and couldn't hear very well, so I went to my normal dr and he concluded that I had an infection of some kind in my left ear and uvilitis. My ears were full of pus and he said it was the worst he had seen. I was put on augmentin 1000 mg and ear drops. (Started on augmentin Sunday 2/16) As of yesterday my ears have "popped" and I can hear better and the uvula is back to normal. However today I received a call from a nurse at the first walkin I went to (7days ago) and she told me that my strep cultur had grown and was positive for strep B and if I wasn't feeling better they could prescribe me an antibiotic. I told her I was now on augmentin and feeling a bit better. After reading about strep b I have some concerns, I have had a headache all day that has switched from the front left part of my head to the front right, diarrhea, nausea, earache in right ear and chills. Just a generally not right feeling. My question is should I be seen again by my dr with the news of the positive strep B? Will augmentin take care of this? In the article I read it talked about strep b and meningitis and now I'm worried that the beginning of my sickness with the neck pain could've been or still is meningitis?? Thank you for any help
Melissa