Medically reviewed by Benjamin F. Asher, MD Strep throat is a highly contagious infection caused by group A Streptococcus ...

Health officials say parents should be aware of an infection called strep ... a rash and flu-like symptoms, including a temperature, sore throat and swollen neck glands. On darker skin the rash ...

Scarlet fever is an illness that can happen in kids, usually 5–15 years old, who also have strep throat or strep skin infections. The strep bacteria make a toxin (poison) that causes a bright red, ...

A mum has told parents to be on red alert for a Strep A 'sunburn skin' symptom after her daughter was left with a rash that covered her 'head to toe'. Sadie Learmonth has told the Daily Record how ...

Edmonton hospitals are seeing hikes in strep throat that are taking a ... painful swallowing, and mild skin infections like rash, sores, and blisters. Invasive group A streptococcal infections ...

leading to an intensely itchy rash with scaly, dry skin. Parents may be reluctant to give their children immune-suppressing drugs such as steroids. Many herbal combinations are available to quell the ...