 [ Symptoms ] can i have strep without fever  my 4 year old son was diagnosed with strep throat 3 days ago last night i was fine one minute and suddenly felt like i would been hit by a ton of bricks body aches headache  sore throat and general feeling crappy but no fever is there any point in dragging myself out to doctor when i feel so miserable is it possible to have strep without fever i do not have any runny nose stuffy nose or cough not a cold  [ 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