Mum's warning to parents after daughter struck down with Strep A

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A mum issued a warning to other parents after her five-year-old daughter was struck down with Strep A. Laura Rooney told parents to be vigilant for signs of the potentially deadly infection after her little girl was diagnosed as a result of it.

Laura said Farrah started to get symptoms back in September, but that "the words Strep A weren't mentioned". Speaking to Belfast Live, Laura said: "She was having fever-like symptoms, persistent coughs and a sore throat. "She's just been so consistently unwell from it, we are on our fifth antibiotic from September and she's on steroids now as well."She has missed out on so much with school and the nursery and having to stay indoors, it has affected every part of our lives."My child has never been as consistently sick and she doesn't even look like herself now, that's how much it has affected her."Laura took Farrah to A&E on November 8 after her condition deteriorated further.After a swab of her throat, the presence of Strep A was confirmed.Yesterday, Farrah was again very unwell and Laura said she acted straight away when she saw that."I didn't wait for a doctor's appointment yesterday, I knew my child was too sick so I went straight to A and E," she said."They have done an X ray on her right lung and they've found pneumonia."They have further swabbed to see if the Strep A is in her lungs, but we won't know until Monday."The plan for Farrah now is steroid treatment with re-evaluation on Sunday, then the results of the test will come on Monday."Laura said she hopes that her and Farrah's story will encourage parents to act swiftly if they think their child is unwell."What I really, really want to do is create awareness of treatment early," she said."If sharing Farrah's story can