Mum warns 'trust your instincts' after son's suspected ear infection was Strep A

A Lochmaben mum took her three-year-old son to the doctor thinking he had an ear infection that turned out to be Strep A

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Kerry, 43, said: “I got a phone call from the nursery last Thursday to say I had to pick Keyan up because he was constantly shivering despite having on a jacket and being wrapped in a blanket. I kept him off the next day as a precaution and kept an eye on him over the weekend but there didn’t seem to be anything to worry about.

Kerry said: “I was told he possibly had an upper respiratory infection. Swabs were taken and I was told we should get the results within three days.” Top news stories today “I feel very lucky that Dr Brown at Lochmaben didn’t take any chances and sent us to hospital straight away. We caught it in time with Keyan because of that and he’ll be fine.

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