This Common Winter Illness Is Acting Differently This Year. Here's What You Need To Know.
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Don't just assume symptoms like nausea and vomiting are a stomach bug. It could also be this nightmare illness.
“Mama, I just threw up,” my 8-year-old son recently told me. He had just gotten over a stomach virus a few months prior, so I was gearing up for another 24-hour session of trash bags and Pedialyte. Instead, he seemed ... fine?
I chalked it up to all the oranges he had eaten the night before, thinking maybe he had a bit of acid reflux. He kept down his food and didn’t throw up again — until the next night. And the next. What gives?
This was a very odd illness. I was even more surprised when I took him to urgent care on the third day, and he was diagnosed with strep throat. Apparently, the type of strep going around right now is causing a lot of gastrointestinal symptoms (ugh!), instead of the traditional sore throat and fever.
You may think you know everything about strep, but this common winter illness seems to be acting differently this year. We talked to doctors to learn more — and discover the symptoms to look for.
What is strep?
