Mum's Strep A terror as son left fighting for life after 'sore leg' sparked diagnosis

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A Scots schoolboy was left fighting for his life after an agonising leg pain revealed a shock Step A diagnosis. Jordan James Sood - known as JJ - was rushed to hospital with a suspected blood clot when he began screaming in pain at his home in Kilwinning on December 5.

The five-year-old had come down with a high temperature the day before after undergoing a tooth extraction, but it was presumed that his fever was down to the effects of surgery.The P1 pupil appeared to improve after his mum gave him some Calpol, but 48 hours later he began complaining of a sore left leg that he couldn't move.Mum Danielle Sood, 34, told the Record: "All went well with JJ's tooth extraction but the next day his temperature shot right up to 39C.

We were worried about him so we gave him Calpol."That brought his temperature down, but now I think it just covered any symptoms of Strep A until a couple of days later when he told us his leg was hurting him and he couldn't move it."We continued to give him Calpol and also Ibuprofen, but then we moved him to give him some soup for his lunch and he started screaming in pain."We then knew something was seriously wrong so we carried him to the car and went straight to A&E."Danielle and dad Pankaj, 34, were worried that JJ's leg pain was a symptom of a blood clot but they couldn't imagine what was to come next when an examination by a doctor revealed an infection in the bone of their young son's knee.JJ had his bloods taken and was admitted to a ward at 10pm that evening.

The following day, results confirmed he had invasive Step A.Painful and tender joints, most often in the knees, ankles, elbows and wrists are often a sign of rheumatic fever developing as a side effect of Strep A.