fevers and sore throats

For mid May we are seeing a lot of illness.
We are seeing lots of kids with sore throats. Many of them are indeed turning out to be positive for Strep.
Strep throat often comes with sore throat, fevers, aches, nausea, dizziness and some times a sandpaperish rash. Some moms say that they can "smell" an odor on their children's breath when they have strep.

It is contagious, but statistics say that siblings and family members have a 50-50 chance of catching it. That seems to agree with my experience here.
It is very unusual for children under two to have strep throat.
We do want to treat it. Usually with Amoxicillin. You are no longer considered contagious after 24 hours of the antibiotics

We have also seen quite a few children with a nasty virus that comes with a high fever.

We are still seeing plenty of colds and coughs
We will update again soon if anything exciting rears its head.

stay well
~Nurse Judy