re: Wtf happened to penicillin?

If you get strep and do not treat it timely with antibiotics there is a chance that you can develop rheumatic fever. It is very rare but very serious. I say this because it happened to me.

I had never had strep before so I was not aware of the danger nor did I have an understanding that what was going on was more than just a bad sore throat.

Rheumatic fever is not joke. I had to do a nuclear stress test afterwards as it has a tendency to damage heart valves. Also, it attacks connective tissues so there were days that I could literally barely move. Mornings when it would take me 20 minutes to be able to stand.

If she starts feeling pain near joints that is a sign. Prednisone (sp?) is the best thing ever to relieve it....its actually the only thing I have ever taken prednisone and could actually tell it was working.

Hope all goes well.