40 Kids out with Fever today...

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I may need to get myself the same wardrobe!

I'm getting hit hard with strep throat right now, it seems that it has been a revolving door. I have a few out with the stomach bug as well.

When I was a kid,I always got stomach sick when I had strep.Wonder if they had any strep as well?

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Thank you! I felt bad because she started with sore throat/fever on thursday night, so my hubby took her into base walk-in strep clinic (it was negative), so I assumed a virus because her cough was not bad at all. By Sunday she was way worse, so we took her in and she was dx then.

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My friend just messaged to tell me that 2 of her 3 were sent home today with fevers/sore throat after lunch, both had +rapid strep at urgent care. Ugh, I hope it stays away from this school!

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RANDOM:

I worked for a peds office and the NP there read an article on pink eye and strep being connected. She then started swabbing the throats of the pink eye kids and the majority of them tested positive. I thought that was interesting.

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Thank you! I felt bad because she started with sore throat/fever on thursday night, so my hubby took her into base walk-in strep clinic (it was negative), so I assumed a virus because her cough was not bad at all. By Sunday she was way worse, so we took her in and she was dx then.

Oh, how I wish our base had a walk-in strep clinic. That would have made life so much easier when my kids were little.

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When I was a kid,I always got stomach sick when I had strep.Wonder if they had any strep as well?

My sister just had strep run rampant in her house (3 out of 4 kids) and they all started with a belly ache. One also tested positive for influenza. The peds office said they'd never had a kid test positive for both :(

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My sister just had strep run rampant in her house (3 out of 4 kids) and they all started with a belly ache. One also tested positive for influenza. The peds office said they'd never had a kid test positive for both :(

We see it occasionally at Urgent Care. Let me tell ya...those kids are sick, sick, miserably sick.

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My sister just had strep run rampant in her house (3 out of 4 kids) and they all started with a belly ache. One also tested positive for influenza. The peds office said they'd never had a kid test positive for both :(

We are seeing this now, too.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.

So it looks like we officially have Strep running rampant as well as Flu. Another huge group of kids getting sent home, plus all the ones already out.

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what's your health department uh oh point? Mine here is 15% absence for the same reason.

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what's your health department uh oh point? Mine here is 15% absence for the same reason.

Mine is also 15%, which I use myself to measure a possible school outbreak. We came close to it a couple of years ago with one of those 24-48 stomach bugs (not noro, thankfully), but were able to contain it to one grade thanks to some cleaning advice from my public health department.

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12% absent rate each day this week so far. So far its flu, strep and stomach virus. Sent several home today that I expect will be dx with the flu.

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