 [ Symptoms ] i have been gluten free for roughly two years but still have major bowel problems [ Disease ] in an adult it is not necessary to mount a fever response to strep some people do most people do not so you can still have strep you were certainly exposed assuming your son was correctly diagnosed any chance you can get a strep test some clinicians will just treat symptomatic parental contacts but that would be totally up to the discretion of the clinician