Strep A

We got covid two weeks into the lockdown.. baby got scarlet fever about a month ago and was pretty rough for two weeks, constantly fighting to keep temp from hitting 40c. Partner got it worse with peeling skin on fingers on top of the rash etc :/
 
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Freefaller said:
Well that is a concern... But in this case if you genuinely have a bacterial infection isn't it the most sensible approach?

Though i agree our reliance on them will be our undoing.
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This is not about actual infection though this is about antibiotics handed out as a precaution. Normally you can't get antibiotics for love nor money from doctors as they're worried about overuse and suddenly they're being handed out like sweets.
 
My boys nursery (small town) have had confirmed cases of Strep throat, Scarlett Fever and Croup today. Not an easy feeling as a parent knowing there's an increased risk of problems but like anything we'll just keep a close eye and seek the GP if we're sure it's not something else.

They're active outdoor kids and in contact with alsorts they shouldn't be so will be absolutely fine as usual. Then again so am I and keep getting struck down. The little sods are trying to take me out, I'm sure of it.
 
Buckster said:
I wonder if they will find any interaction between these Strep A infections and Covid - as in either recently had Covid or have it at time of infection
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That is something I wondered when hearing about the increase, as I've been seeing some stuff about covid potentially causing issues with the immune system for at least a while after you've had it, which could mean that you can't fight it off as well as normal.
It's certainly common enough for covid to go hand in hand with other secondary infections.
 
If this surge in the disease might be linked to COVID would the rise not be global and not national? Is that the case, there's a global rise in Strep A deaths all of a sudden?
 
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Chris Wilson said:
If this surge in the disease might be linked to COVID would the rise not be global and not national? Is that the case, there's a global rise in Strep A deaths all of a sudden?
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That's a very good point. Unless they've not had Strep A outbreaks yet in enough numbers but it's a good point you'd think if there was a link it would be showing up elsewhere too
 
I think the amount of antibiotics we take unknowingly via the food chain is pretty worrying. Factory farming of poultry and pigs relies on the animals being dosed with antibiotics to preventively arrest widespread disease in their highly unnatural environments. We then eat the creatures...
 
They didn't admit or deny the question above but why would they think about giving out antibiotics preventatively (sort or) in a class ? Strep A must be a problem every year and they don't normally do that ?
 
Buckster said:
That's a very good point. Unless they've not had Strep A outbreaks yet in enough numbers but it's a good point you'd think if there was a link it would be showing up elsewhere too
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I suppose the WHO are the ones who should know, but they always seem distracted, changing the medical dictionaries in search of self conceived offensiveness in disease nomenclature, for example, or appeasing China ;)
 
Chris Wilson said:
I suppose the WHO are the ones who should know, but they always seem distracted, changing the medical dictionaries in search of self conceived offensiveness in disease nomenclature, for example, or appeasing China ;)
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And you were doing so well with the other question too... :p
 
Buckster said:
? Sky news interview

news.sky.com

Antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A infections, schools minister Nick Gibb says

GPs generally avoid mass prescription of antibiotics as it can build up resistance to serious infections in the population.
news.sky.com news.sky.com
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Mass prescription is a terrible idea. Clearly the outbreak is beyond anything that can be controlled now. They just need to be more proactive at giving antibiotics to those with symptoms and keeping classes at home for a few days if an outbreak is identified.
 
Buckster said:
They didn't admit or deny the question above but why would they think about giving out antibiotics preventatively (sort or) in a class ? Strep A must be a problem every year and they don't normally do that ?
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My worry about scattering anti-biotics about is not only could it affect the gut health of the kids, create a spike in the number of allergic reactions it will just make the resistance to anti-biotics (a more resistant strain of step A?) worse. It's like a policy from the 1950's where antibiotics were scattered around like sweeties.
 
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