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A SICK teenager who pleaded with doctors to keep her in hospital died three days after being sent home with just a few *paracetamol, it emerged yesterday.
Amy Carter, 15, told doctors “I’m dying” only to be told by medics that she would be fine and told to take “plenty of rest”.
The headline is misleading and should be corrected.
The girls was sent home but was re-admitted three days later and then died that afternoon in the hospital.
"Amy was discharged from the hospital on December 21 last year to the family home in nearby Stourport-on-Severn On Christmas Eve her condition *worsened and she was re-admitted to *hospital, but died later that day. A post-mortem examination revealed she died from glandular fever and *streptococcal toxic shock syndrome."
Diagnosis
The early symptoms of TSS may resemble those of severe allergic drug reactions or other illnesses. Lacking any other explanation, a doctor will suspect TSS in certain patients, such as women who use vaginal methods of birth control (for example, a diaphragm) or anyone who has recently had an operation. A blood test can confirm the diagnosis.
This is not a socialized health-care issue. Unfortunately this kind of thing can happen and it has nothing to do with health-care or illegals using emergency rooms or Obama.
Sometimes the symptoms one has at the time are not enough to form a complete diagnosis.
This was just an unfortunate tragedy. I feel bad for her parents, I can't imagine losing my child.
A SICK teenager who pleaded with doctors to keep her in hospital died three days after being sent home with just a few *paracetamol, it emerged yesterday.
Amy Carter, 15, told doctors “I’m dying” only to be told by medics that she would be fine and told to take “plenty of rest”.
Wow! this Ass of a Dr actually said this on record!
Dr Andrew Short, the hospital’s clinical director, said Amy’s condition was “unique” and nothing could have saved her.
See I disagree with Dr. Shorts comment if they had thought out of their simple box they would have done more for this girl than they had! I do hope that the family sues the pants off all of them involved!
Widespread red rash that looks like a sunburn -- skin peeling occurs 1 or 2 weeks after the rash, particularly on the palms of the hand or bottom of the feet.
This is not a socialized health-care issue. Unfortunately this kind of thing can happen and it has nothing to do with health-care or illegals using emergency rooms or Obama.
Sometimes the symptoms one has at the time are not enough to form a complete diagnosis.
This was just an unfortunate tragedy. I feel bad for her parents, I can't imagine losing my child.
The UK falls under Canada's healthcare system I do believe.
From your link it does say a blood test can confirm the diagnosis, in conjunction with the other symptoms with unexplained origin. Without any allergic reaction symptoms, vomiting, a high fever (above 102), diarrhea, and muscle aches a blood test is inconclusive by itself. Even the later symptoms weren't visible; that was peeling of the skin on the torso, face, hands, and feet along with low blood pressure. Till she hit the last symptoms of heart and multiple organ failure.
Considering she had no other symptoms but feeling like death, is that really a good diagnosis?
a lot of medicine is ruling out possibilities. A blood test/cultures, whatever, can rule out TSS.
a lot of medicine is ruling out possibilities. A blood test/cultures, whatever, can rule out TSS.
Lol...this is too much.
By the time a blood culture comes back, it's too late or you're really going to be behind the 8 ball. THERE IS NO BLOOD TEST FOR TSS.
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