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Gemma Ryder & Sian Traynor

Scottish schoolboy left fighting for life after 'sore leg' turned out to be strep A

The parents of a young Scottish schoolboy have shared how they "nearly lost him" after his sore leg and temperature was actually strep A.

Rushed to hospital with a suspected blood clot, five-year-old Jordan James Sood's symptoms had seen him "screaming in pain" when his parents tried to move him.

First appearing to have a temperature on December 4, Jordan James, known as JJ, was thought to be suffering side effects of a tooth extraction he had undergone earlier that day.

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