Chloe Crowhurst has revealed her eight-month-old daughter is battling Strep A.
Amid Britain’s ever-growing outbreak UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) figures show some 16 children in England have now died with an infection.
The Love Island star, 27, shared Aria’s symptoms in an Instagram post on Friday to help other parents identify them, assuring her followers that while she’d been ‘worried’, her daughter is ‘fine.’
‘It breaks my heart’: ‘Worried’ Love Island star Chloe Crowhurst has revealed her baby daughter, 8 months, has Strep A (pictured earlier this month)
Alongside a picture of her daughter in the bath, Chloe penned: ‘My baby girl has the dreaded Strep A.
‘I honestly have the symptoms saved in my phone and have read lots of info on this because I was so worried like most mummies are.
‘I feel like the symptoms vary so much in each individual, so I’m going to share Aria’s with you. They are not just the textbook symptoms!
‘I honestly went to the doctor because her face looks so bad, didn’t expect it to be Strep.
‘It breaks my heart but she’s doing just fine, but we know our babies better than anyone. Always get them checked if you’re worried!’
Announcement: The Love Island star, 27, shared Aria’s symptoms in an Instagram post on Friday to help other parents identify them
Chloe went on to share her daughter’s symptoms, stating: ‘Sores on her chin that was open and have now become infected: rash all over her body some: blistery and dry rash on her tummy: spots all over her throat, which I didn’t see until the doctor: checked was completely not herself just clingy.
‘Randomly crying she also wouldn’t sleep at night.’
Chloe welcomed Aria with photographer boyfriend David Houghton in April.
She decided to keep her pregnancy private, revealing she had been placed under specialist care after suffering three miscarriages prior.
Strep A bacteria can cause a range of other infections, including impetigo, scarlet fever and strep throat.
While the vast majority of infections are relatively mild, sometimes the bacteria can, in exceptionally rare cases, cause invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS).
Two of the most severe, but rare, forms of this invasive disease are necrotising fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
Government figures show iGAS cases are currently four times higher than normal among children aged between one and four in Britain.
It is understood that health officials do not believe the number of infections has yet peaked, suggesting more deaths are likely.
There have been 7,750 cases of scarlet fever from September 12 to December 11.
This compares to a total of 2,538 at the same point in the year during the last comparably high season in 2017 to 2018.
What are the symptoms of Strep A? How does it spread? And is it the same as scarlet fever? Everything you need to know about the killer bug sweeping Britain
What is Strep A?
Group A Streptococcus (Group A Strep or Strep A) bacteria can cause many different infections.
The bacteria are commonly found in the throat and on the skin, and some people have no symptoms.
Infections caused by Strep A range from minor illnesses to serious and deadly diseases.
They include the skin infection impetigo, scarlet fever and strep throat.
While the vast majority of infections are relatively mild, sometimes the bacteria cause an illness called invasive Group A Streptococcal disease.
What is invasive Group A Streptococcal disease?
Invasive Group A Strep disease is sometimes a life-threatening infection in which the bacteria have invaded parts of the body, such as the blood, deep muscle or lungs.
Two of the most severe, but rare, forms of invasive disease are necrotising fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
Necrotising fasciitis is also known as the ‘flesh-eating disease’ and can occur if a wound gets infected.
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is a rapidly progressing infection causing low blood pressure/shock and damage to organs such as the kidneys, liver and lungs.
This type of toxic shock has a high death rate.
Love Island star Chloe Crowhurst reveals her baby daughter, 8 months, has Strep A
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