It can go away on its own. For this, you might take a week or so. But it is advisable to take antibiotics if you want to become less contagious

Yes. It has been proved that oregano oil gives relief to sore throat. But this, if done with zinc spray, is very beneficial. You can give it a try if you get infected

That is possible but there are few reasons to it. Either you would have weak immunity. Or a passive carrier might be around you. Or the bacteria would have become resistant to the drug

Rapid strep as the name indicates is a test that is done within minutes. 3-4 days after infection, the bacteria might be seen. Throat culture is the alternative in case of strep coming as negative in strep test and if you still continue to have sings of strep infection

Thery are unrelated to each other Group B strep (GBS) can occur in pregnant women. This is the main cause of meningitis in new borns.

After tonsils are out, you can contract strep throat. This is common and the infection affects pharynx and throat. Proper antibiotics intake on time is a must

It is not surely impossible. When you get meningitis from strep infection, it is commonly called as pneumococcal meningitis. This is less common than the meningococcal meningitis.

Bacitracin inhibition can be a form of strep throat detection. When a disc containing colonies of strep bacteria is treated with bacitracin, then the growth of the bacteria might be inhibited. The most common tests are strep test and throat culture however

Strep throat usually comes with a fever However, there are asymptomatic carriers of strep bacteria who do not show any symptoms at all. In such cases there is possibility that you might have strep infection without symptoms

Reoccurrence has few reasons. Bacteria might have become resistant to the antibiotic that you took. Some one or a pet around you might be an asymptomatic carrier. Antibiotics might not have worked too