When to take your child to A&E with Strep A - crucial advice for parents from a Greater Manchester GP
A Greater Manchester GP has given important advice to parents in the region amid the climbing death toll from severe cases of Strep A.
Some people develop scarlet fever, which causes a skin rash and flu-like symptoms, including a high temperature. Very rarely, strep A can cause something called invasive group A streptococcal infection or iGAS, which can be deadly.What are the symptoms? “The last three weeks have been very busy in general practice with children coming in for all kinds of illnesses. We’d normally see mild infections but it just got much more intense in the last two, three weeks.” Dr Raja told the M.E.N.
What about the invasive form of the illness? Invasive Strep A can develop and spread quickly, he warns. So if parents spot the rashes, they should get the treatment as a matter of priority so the illness does not have time to complicate. Signs that mean a “999 call” include mottled skin, a child being hot to the touch, lethargy or trouble staying awake, a bluish or very pale tint to the skin any fits or convulsions.
“Scarlet fever is mainly a childhood disease, with around 90 per cent of cases occurring in children under 10-years-old. It is most common in children between the ages of two and eight years, with four-year-olds most likely to develop the illness.
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