Ugh, I'm late on this week's blogging because I've been sleeping most of the day. Allergies morphed into an upper respiratory infection that is just beginning to fade.
I'm not usually the type to panic every time I get sick, but I am cautious. I have an autoimmune disorder and that can mean that a simple infection can go haywire quickly. It wasn't humorous then, but now I do find it amusing that medical technology (see, tying it to class) has come so far and yet could not diagnose a strep infection. Apparently, strep tests are positive when there are your body's strep antibodies present - meaning, your body is actually fighting the illness. Mine decided that it didn't feel like it last time, so no strep test ever popped up positive and I never had a fever. A doctor finally treated it because my throat "looked like strep." That and I was about ready to go to the hospital if we waited another few days.
Can Google get on this? Somehow, I think they could come up with a better test.
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