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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Richard Evans & Kate Lally

Mum's advice after mistaking Strep A for common childhood infection

A mum is urging other parents to be aware of the symptoms of Strep A infections and Scarlet Fever after thinking her daughter had a chest infection.

Joanne Jones, from Llandudno, said her eight-year-old daughter Jasmine started feeling unwell with a cough. She said she initially thought Jasmine had a chest infection, but her symptoms became progressively worse.

Joanne told the Daily Post : "Then it turned into some kind of sickness bug, so I thought she had one of those 24-hour things. But after four days of hardly eating, I knew it wasn’t just a bug. At times she seemed okay, then her temperature would spike to 40 degrees.

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