Father of a 4-year-old girl is battling strep for his life A virus is "pray[ing] for a miracle."

They are "hoping and praying for a miracle," according to the father of a four-year-old girl who was left fighting for her life in the ICU after catching Strep A.

At Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital, four-year-old Camila Rose Burns has been on a ventilator since Monday.

In recent months, aggressive Strep A bacterial infections have claimed the lives of six children.

Dean Burns asked parents to "scoop them up" and be checked out if they had any health concerns about their kids.

According to experts, this year has seen an increase in Strep A instances.

Although Strep A infections typically cause minor illnesses like a sore throat and scarlet fever, they can also progress to the more dangerous invasive Group A Strep (iGAS) infection.

Health officials announced on Friday that six kids have died from iGAS since September, including a girl from Wales and five under-10-year-olds in England. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, no fatalities have been reported.

Camila was showing indications of progress, but Mr. Burns from Bolton told Article Mix news that "anything might take her back the other way."

He said, "Any doubts, if they don't look right, just scoop them up and take them [to get medical help]," in a letter to other parents. Get them examined right away.

Camila reportedly became ill on Saturday and was transported to a hospital in Bolton the next morning after he realized she was having hallucinations, according to Mr. Burns.

He claimed that by Monday morning, her condition had gotten so bad that she needed to be put on a ventilator before being taken to the specialized children's hospital for treatment. Since then, her family has remained by her bedside.

The family "just have to keep hoping and praying for a miracle so that she heals and comes back to us," Mr. Burns added, referring to his daughter as "our precious little girl."

According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the most recent intense phase of Strep A infection occurred in 2017–18, during which time there were four deaths in England.

An increase in Strep High levels of the bacterium circulating and increasing social mixing are most likely to blame for cases and fatalities, it said.

In a statement earlier on Saturday, pediatrician for infectious diseases Prof. Beate Kampmann advised parents to seek medical attention if they were concerned.

According to her, Strep A "most commonly causes an asymptomatic infection, followed by a sore throat, scarlet fever, and in a very, very small percentage, invasive Group A Strep."

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Scotland has seen a rise in Strep A incidence.

Compared to the year before the pandemic, she said there had been three times as much scarlet fever. She continued, "It starts off with a high fever, very sore throat, and very red tongue, which has this sort of papillae - finally forming a rash that feels a little bit like sandpaper.

"The rash first appears behind the neck and in the elbows. Because this bacterium produces a toxin that causes the sickness, it usually peels after about 10 days.

According to Prof. Kampmann, parents should seek assistance if their children become really ill or if they have any doubts. She also recommended keeping kids out of school if they had a fever.

The good news is that penicillin is a very, very effective treatment for Group A Strep, she added.

She continued, however, "if your child is deteriorating in any way, you feel that they're not eating, drinking, being pretty flat and lethargic you need to take them to the physicians and to get them looked out."

According to the most recent data, 851 instances of scarlet fever were reported during the week of November 14–20, compared to an average of 186 occurrences each week during the years before.

According to virologist Dr. Chris Smith, a decline in immunity following the pandemic may be to blame for the general increase in Strep A infections.

"There's something about the susceptibility of the populace, and particularly younger people," he said to Article Mix Breakfast.

"What has changed is that younger people have almost experienced three years of relative social isolation.

They haven't acquired the typical infections at the typical rates and periods that typical kids in that age range would have.

In comparison to the pre-pandemic seasons of 2017–19, there have been 2.3 instances of the invasive Strep A illness per 100,000 children aged one to four in England this year, according to the UKHSA.

Additionally, there have been more instances than the pre-pandemic average for the same time of 1.1 cases per 100,000 children aged five to nine.

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