profile. but stepping back is unlikely to end the questions for her. a five year old girl in belfast has been named as the latest child to die from streptococcus a, or strep a, since september. group a streptococcus is the name given to a type of bacteria sometimes found in the throat or on the skin. it usually causes mild illness, but in rare cases can cause severe or life threatening conditions. stella lily mccorkindale died suddenly yesterday. the uk health security agency says pupils at schools with cases of strep a could get preventative antibiotics to protect them. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has the story. a bright and talented little girl, stella lily was described as a tragic loss to her school. she d been admitted to belfast s children hospital with strep a last week died on monday. on friday, parents of her class mates at blackmountain
tell us about it. group a streptococcus, - tell us about it. group a streptococcus, the - tell us about it. group a i streptococcus, the bacteria tell us about it. group a - streptococcus, the bacteria known tell us about it. group a streptococcus, the bacteria known as streptococcus, the bacteria known as strep a and you can see what it looks like here, magnified obviously. is relatively common in winters and it can cause sore throats and skin infections often someone might get it and not even know that it is strep a. in some cases it can lead to scarlet fever which curses a nasty rash and that needs treatment with antibiotics but if it is that with quickly the child, is often children who get it will recover after being after school after about a week. but in a very small number of cases it can lead to something more serious, potentially life threatening illness, invasive streptococcal disease and that is something which parents are being asked to be a little more aware of in terms
moving towards that condition. here s what collin brown of the uk health security agency had to say about it earlier. the vast majority of children will recover without any ill effects whatsoever however unfortunately a small number of children each year will go on to develop more serious and invasive disease. it probably in the region of under 5%. of children that will go on to develop that more serious infection. what are the symptoms of that? and how can it be treated? so the symptoms of invasive group a streptococcus are of someone who s generally unwell can have a high fever, particularly in children: poor appetite, signs of dehydration, not feeding. no wet nappies, altered behaviour, very sleepy. and what we would say is if parents are concerned at all and there is anything that would make them be aware that something is unusual with their child, and parents know best about what is normal, that they would go and seek medical attention.
cases. so the symptoms of invasive group a streptococcus are of someone who is generally unwell, kind of a high fever, particularly in children, poor appetite, signs of dehydration, not feeding, no wet nappies, altered behaviour, very sleepy. and what we would say is that if parents are concerned at all and there is anything that would make them be aware that something is unusual with their child, and parents know best about what is normal and what is not normal, they would go and seek medical attention. pa rents a re parents are going to be concerned but how worried should they be? officials are saying there is no need for particular concern or worry, just for people to be alert. and looking at that figure for five deaths in england since september because of this serious, very rare consequence of strep a, very, very tragic for the families involved, more than the last couple of years at this stage of the winter but not dissimilar to the last time we had
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