A Welsh mum says her child was nearly left with permanent kidney damage after contracting Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (PSGN) from scarlet fever. Nearly four years ago, her son caught scarlet fever for the second time, just months after recovering from the first round of infection. This time, it resulted in him having Glomerulonephritis, which is inflammation of the tiny filters in the kidneys which was caused from the Strep A infection.
The 36-year-old from the Vale of Glamorgan wants to raise awareness of other implications scarlet fever can have on children after a recent rise in reported cases this winter. She said: "I noticed when he had scarlet fever that he started having dark urine and puffy eyes. I took him to the doctors and they immediately told us to go to the hospital. He had inflamed kidneys from Strep A.
"He then had to have yearly blood tests to check his kidney function for the next two years after having scarlet fever. He was also on antibiotics for six months." Thankfully, her now seven-year-old boy is healthy.
