Police have launched an urgent search for a missing Ayrshire woman who disappeared from her hometown two days ago.
30.12.2022 - 08:07 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots mum has highlighted her daughter's unusual Strep A symptom after cases of children being diagnosed with the infection rose in Scotland.
Sadie Learmonth told how her daughter Khloe, 6, looked like she was 'sunburned' after breaking out in a 'head to toe rash' when she was was struck down with the potentially deadly illness in September.
The 33-year-old, from Irvine, North Ayrshire first noticed a lump on Khloe's neck before she later developed a sore throat and her skin turned bright red, itchy and flaky.
The worried mum says she took Khloe to the GP surgery three times in three weeks., but that the doctors were unable to identify her symptoms as Strep A, leaving the schoolgirl feeling 'ugly and paranoid' about the state of her body.
Sadie told the Record: "Khloe was so upset and distressed about her skin. She wouldn't hug me, her dad or her one-year-old brother in case she passed the condition on. She kept saying she was ugly and was paranoid about people staring at her rash.
"I was crying my eyes out constantly because the doctors didn't know what was wrong with her."
Sadie told how medics first thought Khloe's symptoms were down to a simple cold, before saying it might be impetigo - a contagious skin infection that often starts with sores or blisters on the skin.
But after the youngster failed to improved with the antibiotics prescribed to help her, a third trip to the GP eventually led to a diagnosis of Scarlet Fever - a condition caused by the Strep A infection.
Three months on Khloe is on the mend, but is still battling with stubborn red patches on her feet which have yet to disappear.
Looking back, Sadie is grateful that the burnt appearance of Khloe's skin provided a 'physical' symptom of the infection she could
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