Matryoshka Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Ausmumof3 said: https://inews.co.uk/news/health/strep-a-cases-scarlet-fever-four-times-higher-officials-reveal-2040629 The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) had previously reported 4,622 cases of the disease between September and December. But due to the sheer pressure on GPs and hospitals from a surge in cases this season, notifications of scarlet fever to public health teams have been slower to report. Scarlet fever is a notifiable infectious disease, meaning all cases must be reported to public health officials. The real figure for 12 September to December 11 is 17,695, the UKHSA said. This figure is nearly nine times higher than the 2,008 reported during the same period for the last worst season for Strep A and scarlet fever, in the winter of 2017-18. It is also likely this year’s outbreak has not reached its peak. Oh, man. And this will likely also result in many more cases of PANDAS and Rheumatic fever, both serious types of 'long strep'. I had a friend from high school who got rheumatic fever after a bout of strep; she had been a healthy 18 or 19yo; she was bed-ridden for a YEAR, and had permanent heart damage. They had to bring her bed downstairs because she wasn't allowed out of bed except to go to the bathroom. Edited December 20, 2022 by Matryoshka 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 @Ausmumof3 panadol shortage https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3204129/extraordinary-times-chinese-singapore-queue-send-medicine-back-home-amid-covid-wave “People in the queue were originally from provinces across China, and told CNA they were sending the medicines after family members asked them to do so. One man, who only wanted to be known as Mr Wu, was sending Panadol and Lianhua Qingwen to four addresses of relatives in Guangdong. He started queuing at 8:20am, and was still in the queue at 11am. A man who identified himself as Mr Zhen was sending two boxes of Panadol and five boxes of Lianhua Qingwen to his parents-in-law in Zhejiang. He said some older relatives were sick and did not have any medicine. Another man said he bought eight boxes of Panadol as well as ibuprofen and children’s cough and fever medicine for his relatives in Chongqing. … Ms Lu intended to send vitamins and children’s fever medicine to her relatives, adding that she was focusing on remedies for the kids. She said it had become almost impossible to find children’s fever medicine in China, and that she had heard rumours of exorbitant prices as high as 1,000 yuan (US$143) for two boxes.“ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Arcadia said: @Ausmumof3 panadol shortage https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3204129/extraordinary-times-chinese-singapore-queue-send-medicine-back-home-amid-covid-wave “People in the queue were originally from provinces across China, and told CNA they were sending the medicines after family members asked them to do so. One man, who only wanted to be known as Mr Wu, was sending Panadol and Lianhua Qingwen to four addresses of relatives in Guangdong. He started queuing at 8:20am, and was still in the queue at 11am. A man who identified himself as Mr Zhen was sending two boxes of Panadol and five boxes of Lianhua Qingwen to his parents-in-law in Zhejiang. He said some older relatives were sick and did not have any medicine. Another man said he bought eight boxes of Panadol as well as ibuprofen and children’s cough and fever medicine for his relatives in Chongqing. … Ms Lu intended to send vitamins and children’s fever medicine to her relatives, adding that she was focusing on remedies for the kids. She said it had become almost impossible to find children’s fever medicine in China, and that she had heard rumours of exorbitant prices as high as 1,000 yuan (US$143) for two boxes.“ Hmm, I do have some spare in but maybe will need more. Apparently some places here have buying limits on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Penny | Paediatric Nurse + Mum on Instagram: “There has been a documented steep rise in scarlet fever in kids. Why? It’s uncertain, however it is likely linked to the return to social…” Helen Branswell 🇺🇦 on Twitter: "Fewer hospitalizations & positive #flu tests point to a continued decline in flu activity, @CDCgov reported today. Sadly, though, 17 more children have died from flu since early November, bringing the season total to 47 to date. https://t.co/hjDbXsH7mT" / Twitter Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease | CDC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 https://medium.com/@EpiEllie/what-the-heck-is-up-with-respiratory-viruses-7fdec9636150 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 22 hours ago, Ausmumof3 said: https://medium.com/@EpiEllie/what-the-heck-is-up-with-respiratory-viruses-7fdec9636150 That is really interesting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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