An eighth child has died in deadly bacterial outbreak
What is Strep A?Group A Streptococcus is the name of a bacteria which can cause different infections and is commonly found in children under the age of ten.
Every year doctors will see a lot of children with suspected Strep A. You can get mild cases where you might not even know what it is because they would just have a temperature and a sore throat. It can become scarlet fever which you can spot if your children develops a rash. It looks like sandpaper and develops around four or five days after the temperature starts.In very rare cases the bacteria can get invade parts of the body including the blood, muscles orEarly signs and symptoms of such disease include a high fever, severe muscle aches, pain in one area of the body, redness at the site of a wound and vomiting or diarrhoea.
It is believed to be because during Covid lockdowns young children were not mixing which would usually help to build up the immune system. If you are constantly exposed to a little bit of Group A Strep and similar bacteria then your immune system would be ready and would nail it when it comes back into contact., which are both caused by Strep A, can be treated with antibiotics.Topics
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