Can strep throat go away without antibiotics?

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asked Jan 22, 2018 in Pain by pizzcabbage (290 points)
Can strep throat go away without antibiotics?

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answered Jan 22, 2018 by Adf289 (61,630 points)
Antibiotics don't speed up the process of the healing of strep throat so the strep throat will still take up to 7 days to go away with or without antibiotics.

Antibiotics will only prevent you from being contagious while having the strep throat so antibiotics aren't needed unless you want to take some so you won't be contagious.

The strep throat will eventually go away on it's own by 7 days.

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