weekly update may 27th 2014

I hope everyone enjoyed the 3 day weekend.

We are seeing quite a bit of strep throat today. I started to see more of it toward the end of last week

http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2014/01/strep-throat.html.

We are also seeing croup.

http://nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2013/09/croup.html

get those humidifiers cleaned off!

http://nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2013/12/vaporizer-vs-humidifier.html

There seems to be a fever out there as well. This has been lasting for 4-5 days. Because we are also seeing strep, if you have a child with a mystery fever we may want to get them in here.

I also have quite a few patients who are having a few days on and off of vomiting.
That could be viral, but strep can also do that!

Allergies are going nuts, so lots of our kids have the clear runny noses and watery eyes.

I also just had a few kids return from their school back packing trip with very horrible and gassy diarrhea that turned out to be caused by the bacteria Campylobacter.
Any diarrhea that isn't clearing up after a few days, especially after you have been camping, should be checked out.

Stay well
~Nurse Judy