The UK is currently experiencing an accumulation of streptococcal infections, which can be particularly dangerous for children. In particular, the bacteria can cause scarlet fever – nine children have already died. A case from Northern Ireland is particularly tragic: a father was sent out of hospital twice with his ailing daughter because staff thought the five-year-old was simply dehydrated. When Stella Lily was taken to the hospital for the third time, the doctors finally diagnosed her with scarlet fever. A few days later the girl was dead.
The British health authority UKHSA called on parents and doctors to be vigilant because of the streptococcal wave. Cases of infection must be reported quickly and if the diagnosis is unclear, lab tests and quarantine are essential to contain the scarlet fever wave.
“Mom, I feel like I’m dying”
Unfortunately, this advice comes too late for Stella Lily. Her father Robert McCorkindale twice took the sick girl to the children’s hospital, but the doctors suspected nothing serious. She should just drink more because she was dehydrated, they said and sent the two home. There, the condition of the little ones worsened until she said to her mother, “Mommy, I feel like I’m dying.” It wasn’t until the third visit to the hospital that the doctors finally discovered an infection.
Family mourns dead girl on Facebook
Stella Lily was taken to intensive care, at night the girl’s body collapsed, she had to be resuscitated, and then she was put into an artificial coma. Despite treatment with antibiotics, the child died four days later, on December 5. “She was a beautiful, sweet, loving and funny little girl who fought so hard to stay with us, she was too good for this world. Our family will never be the same again,” her aunt wrote on Facebook. now being examined – it should be checked whether there were any errors in the treatment steps.
It is not yet clear why there is an increase in A-streptococcal infections in Britain this year. Experts think that many children are less immune than in previous years due to the contact restrictions in the corona pandemic. In the winter of 2017/18 there was a wave of scarlet fever. At that time, four children had died in England.
Source: Krone
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