A Scots mum has been left with multicoloured blotches on her skin after using a kids' bath paint set from Boots which won't wash off properly.
10.12.2022 - 07:53 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots school girl who caught Strep A was left fighting for her life in hospital after her GP failed to spot the symptoms - twice. Ellie Young began experiencing a sore throat and vomiting at the end of October and was given a telephone consultation by her local doctor's surgery Oak Lodge Medical Practice.
The six-year-old’s mum was told her daughter had a viral infection which would clear up on its own but on November 3, the youngster's temperature spiked to 40.3 degrees. She was hallucinating, vomiting blood and had developed a rash around her mouth but was sent home from an emergency GP visit with a gastroenteritis diagnosis and Dioralyte.
The p2 pupil continued to deteriorate with mum Emma Clark calling NHS 24 four days later. She was rushed to Wishaw General Hospital by ambulance where medics discovered she had developed sepsis from the bacteria as well as having the Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Little Ellie, who has developed juvenile arthritis as a result of the infection, spent five days hooked up to an IV drip of antibiotics before being allowed home to Hamilton. Mum Emma, 26, has spoken out in a bid to raise awareness of the symptoms associated with Strep A and believes her daughter’s condition would never have gotten so bad if the GP surgery had caught it earlier.
She said: “If it was caught at the first appointment and they had actually done a strep swab it wouldn’t have gotten anywhere near as bad. It wouldn’t have turned into sepsis. Because of the misdiagnosis, Ellie is now left with juvenile arthritis in her elbow which was caused by the infection.
“This is what happens when strep is left for too long. But we are blessed and very lucky that she’s still here with us. Ellie has been such a wee trooper
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