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Strep Throat Symptoms in Babies

March 10, 2020 by Sherie Silvera Leave a Comment

Children who are past the toddler stage may be perfectly able to voice their concerns about the feeling in their throat. They can also respond to questions as you probe a child’s symptoms. In this way, it can be easier to arrive at the suspicion of a strep throat infection in older children. But for a baby, who is unable to articulate feelings of soreness, parents and caregivers need to know the strep throat symptoms in babies so they may seek medical attention.

Strep Throat Symptoms in Babies

Sore Throat
Strep throat is an infection and is caused by a bacterium called streptococcus. The infection can cause soreness in the throat. Sore throats can create difficulty with breathing. Both a sore throat and difficulty in breathing, however, are not always present in babies with strep throat. The unpleasant feeling in the throat may contribute to a baby’s loss of appetite and a refusal to drink from a bottle or to breastfeed.

Irritability and Sleeplessness
Babies with strep throat may become irritable, which in turn can lead to sleeplessness. Note that the symptoms of strep throat in infants may not be as severe as the ones that manifest in older children. Also, the onset of the symptoms can be delayed in babies and infants.

Fever
The strep throat infection can cause a fever in babies. However, the baby may not develop a fever at all. If a fever does present itself, it is typically a low-grade fever of about 99 to 100 degrees F.

Nasal Discharge
A baby with a strep throat infection may develop a nasal discharge that is clear in color. This nasal discharge is occasionally associated with an infection of the skin between the mouth’s upper lip and the nostrils. Note that there may be no swollen lymph glands associated with a baby’s case of strep throat.

Rash
There is occasionally a skin rash symptom of strep throat in babies. This skin rash is a fine, red rash that can develop along the arms, legs and torso.

Strep Throat Symptoms in Babies

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About Sherie Silvera

Sherie Silvera has been a T.V producer, bouncer, music teacher, and screenwriter. She has climbed Mt Whitney, survived a plane crash, and lived on a pig farm in Arkansas. Sharie and her husband share their home in Southern California with two extraordinary boys and a lifetime collection of books.

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