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UK :16 kids die of Strep A. bacterial infection
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[A fourth primary school pupil in the UK has died of Strep A bacterial infection Muhammad Ibrahim Ali, four, died after suffering cardiac arrest in November The news comes after two primary school pupils died in the last three weeks* Friends and family today paid tribute to Hanna Roap, 7, a pupil from Wales] https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12...9984663608.jpg https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-schools.html Sad news for the parents. |
Both of my kids have had Scarlet Fever - my eldest in 2018 and my youngest in 2019. Thankfully caught both early with antibiotics and no complications - however my eldest was the "illest" I've seen either of them so far when she had it. Lost a load of weight and very pale (chalk white as opposed to any variety of scarlet!)/big dark circles under her eyes for weeks. Not a pleasant thing to experience as a parent.
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BBC London News says 6 kids have sadly Died.
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So expert saying to keep an eye on poorly kids .. it presents as flu-like but if a red rash appears on the chest / arms get them medical assistance immediately.. early antibiotics are crucial Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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Scarlet fever is certainly going around everywhere… |
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Youngest it was big bright red cheeks. She was fine with it though unlike eldest, not very ill, the main challenge was getting antibiotics into her. Went through about 5 jars of nutella. |
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Hopefully it'll be under control soon.
A shame for the parents that lost their kids though. |
This is an immunity problem,
due to kids not mixing during Covid-19. And worse some younger doctors are not aware of the signs of this killer |
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Doctors know what a strep infection looks like, it's just that they don't expect it to progress to something more serious and it can progress quickly. It may just be coming back a bit non-covid related though - my eldest having scarlet fever it was pre-covid and the GP was quite surprised by it back then - quite an experienced doctor and he commented that it was only his second time diagnosing scarlet fever. It's quite a hefty (long) dose of antibiotics but knocks it out quite quickly, there were only a few more days of symptoms from starting the antibiotics but the full course was I think 10 days. The risk is not getting started on antibiotics quickly enough and sepsis setting in. Hopefully the awareness campaign will make parents, doctors, teachers etc. more vigilant about prescribing quickly and stop there from being more deaths. |
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[Penicillin or alternative antibiotics could be given to all children in primary schools where there has been a case of Strep A, the i reports. The paper says entire groups can be treated, as a preventative measure, even if the children are not showing any symptoms.] https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...er-nc.png.webp |
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Genuinely getting a bit stressed by this. My son has just recovered from hand foot and mouth disease too. There's a lot of weird stuff going around. Think it's because this is sort of how COVID started with its initial spread numbers started low then went to high numbers quickly. Prob don't need to be worried but I am
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https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/n...ns-group-strep |
Great Link to post
Cherie. |
For me the concerning thing is not the strep itself - if you know what you're looking for and get the antibiotics in good time, there's no real issue.
The concerning thing is the reported shortage of antibiotics and people - for want of a better term - "panic buying" (or "panic prescribing") them. There is apparently a looming antibiotics shortage... and that is when it starts to be worrying. These infections can be fought effectively with antibiotics, but you do NEED the antibiotics, there's a reason that "Scarlet Fever" was a very scary thing to hear before penicillin. |
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I heard this morning that there is a shortage of the liquid type suitable for smaller children, which is concerning, i think most are aware of thee symptoms now andd keeping an eye out. Very sad Christmas for all the parents who have lost a child. |
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Not of the Tablet form but the Liquid Form is now in short supply, of course the liquid form is easier to use with young children. Ref: GMBHD itv Live report. |
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