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Just a few notes about SORE THROATS!
Every Sore throat needs to be checked.
This can be done at your own Doctor’s clinic OR easier still, at the school nursing clinic.
Please see me in the school clinic. (Mon-Thurs 9.3)
Rheumatic fever starts with a sore throat that is known as ‘strep throat’ – a throat infection caused by a bacteria called Group A Streptococcus.
Most sore throats get better on their own after about four days. But if strep throat is not treated with antibiotics, it can cause rheumatic fever in at-risk children and in young people. Rheumatic fever is a serious condition that causes problems with joints, skin, nerve function and heart valves and heart function.
Having an assessment with the nurse is a preventative measure against serious complications caused by rheumatic fever.
If your child’s throat swab comes back positive for Group A strep throat, they will be given oral antibiotics, in consultation with parents/caregivers. It is important to take all the oral antibiotics for the full 10 days (about 1 and a half weeks), even if they are feeling better.
Please see link for further information – https://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/conditions-and-treatments/diseases-and-illnesses/rheumatic-fever
Parents and Caregivers for sore throats please ask your young person to see me in the school clinic.
Margie Goldsworthy/Reg nurse for Waihi College PH/Txt 027 298 3787 E:margie.goldsworthy@pinnacle.health.nz Or MargieG@waihicol.school.nz