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Outbreak: Streptococcus Pyogenes

Facility: Undisclosed Congregate Living Setting
Facility Type: Community Congregate Living
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Windsor #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #WECH0019

Date: 2026-05-06

Public Health Unit: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObWECH

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#Strep #StrepA #GAS #GroupAstrep #streptococcal

Outbreak: Streptococcus Pyogenes

Facility: Undisclosed Congregate Living Setting
Facility Type: Community Congregate Living
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Windsor #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #WECH0019

Date: 2026-05-06

Public Health Unit: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObWECH

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

#Strep #StrepA #GAS #GroupAstrep #streptococcal

Outbreak: Streptococcus Pyogenes

Facility: Undisclosed Congregate Living Setting
Facility Type: Community Congregate Living
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Windsor #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #WECH0019

Date: 2026-05-06

Public Health Unit: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObWECH

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

#Strep #StrepA #GAS #GroupAstrep #streptococcal

Outbreak: Streptococcus Pyogenes

Facility: Undisclosed Congregate Living Setting
Facility Type: Community Congregate Living
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Windsor #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #WECH0019

Date: 2026-05-06

Public Health Unit: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObWECH

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

#Strep #StrepA #GAS #GroupAstrep #streptococcal

Outbreak: Streptococcus Pyogenes

Facility: Undisclosed Congregate Living Setting
Facility Type: Community Congregate Living
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Windsor #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #WECH0019

Date: 2026-05-06

Public Health Unit: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObWECH

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

#Strep #StrepA #GAS #GroupAstrep #streptococcal

Outbreak: #Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A #strep)

Facility: Venvi The Annex
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Toronto #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #TPHU0128

Date: 2026-02-12

Public Health Unit: Toronto Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObTPHU

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Outbreak: #Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A #strep)

Facility: Venvi The Annex
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Toronto #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #TPHU0128

Date: 2026-02-12

Public Health Unit: Toronto Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObTPHU

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Outbreak: #Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A #strep)

Facility: Venvi The Annex
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Toronto #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #TPHU0128

Date: 2026-02-12

Public Health Unit: Toronto Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObTPHU

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Outbreak: #Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A #strep)

Facility: Venvi The Annex
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Toronto #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #TPHU0128

Date: 2026-02-12

Public Health Unit: Toronto Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObTPHU

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Outbreak: #Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A #strep)

Facility: Venvi The Annex
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Toronto #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #TPHU0128

Date: 2026-02-12

Public Health Unit: Toronto Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObTPHU

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

Northwestern Health Unit Public Health Alert – Increase in Cases of iGAS | 2026-01-29

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has seen an increase in invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) disease cases in our region recently. Most cases have been identified in the Sioux Lookout health hub (including Northern First Nations) and Kenora areas, but are occurring around the region. Cases are being seen in all age ranges, with the majority in adults aged 30 and over.

https://www.nwhu.on.ca/public-health-alert-increase-in-cases-of-igas-4/

#OnObNWHU #NWHU #iGAS #GroupAStrep #Strep #GroupAStreptococcal #SiouxLookout #Kenora #Northwestern #Ontario #Canada

Northwestern Health Unit Public Health Alert – Increase in Cases of iGAS | 2026-01-29

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has seen an increase in invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) disease cases in our region recently. Most cases have been identified in the Sioux Lookout health hub (including Northern First Nations) and Kenora areas, but are occurring around the region. Cases are being seen in all age ranges, with the majority in adults aged 30 and over.

https://www.nwhu.on.ca/public-health-alert-increase-in-cases-of-igas-4/

#OnObNWHU #NWHU #iGAS #GroupAStrep #Strep #GroupAStreptococcal #SiouxLookout #Kenora #Northwestern #Ontario #Canada

Northwestern Health Unit Public Health Alert – Increase in Cases of iGAS | 2026-01-29

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has seen an increase in invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) disease cases in our region recently. Most cases have been identified in the Sioux Lookout health hub (including Northern First Nations) and Kenora areas, but are occurring around the region. Cases are being seen in all age ranges, with the majority in adults aged 30 and over.

https://www.nwhu.on.ca/public-health-alert-increase-in-cases-of-igas-4/

#OnObNWHU #NWHU #iGAS #GroupAStrep #Strep #GroupAStreptococcal #SiouxLookout #Kenora #Northwestern #Ontario #Canada

Northwestern Health Unit Public Health Alert – Increase in Cases of iGAS | 2026-01-29

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has seen an increase in invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) disease cases in our region recently. Most cases have been identified in the Sioux Lookout health hub (including Northern First Nations) and Kenora areas, but are occurring around the region. Cases are being seen in all age ranges, with the majority in adults aged 30 and over.

https://www.nwhu.on.ca/public-health-alert-increase-in-cases-of-igas-4/

#OnObNWHU #NWHU #iGAS #GroupAStrep #Strep #GroupAStreptococcal #SiouxLookout #Kenora #Northwestern #Ontario #Canada

Northwestern Health Unit Public Health Alert – Increase in Cases of iGAS | 2026-01-29

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has seen an increase in invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) disease cases in our region recently. Most cases have been identified in the Sioux Lookout health hub (including Northern First Nations) and Kenora areas, but are occurring around the region. Cases are being seen in all age ranges, with the majority in adults aged 30 and over.

https://www.nwhu.on.ca/public-health-alert-increase-in-cases-of-igas-4/

#OnObNWHU #NWHU #iGAS #GroupAStrep #Strep #GroupAStreptococcal #SiouxLookout #Kenora #Northwestern #Ontario #Canada

Outbreak: #Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A #strep)
Facility: Lakeview Manor
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Private Room
Location: #Beaverton #Ontario
Date: 2025-11-12

Public Health Unit: Durham Region Health Department
Facility Tracking Hash: #DRHD0047
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObDRHD

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Outbreak: Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A #Strep/ #GAS )
Facility: Whitby Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: 4WW
Location: #Whitby #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-26

Public Health Unit: Durham Region Health Department
Facility Tracking Hash: #DRHD0005
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObDRHD

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Outbreak: Invasive group A #strep (#iGAS)
Facility: Crown Ridge Place
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: North Wing
Location: #Trenton #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-19

Public Health Unit: South East Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #SEHU0031
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSEHU

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Outbreak: Invasive group A #strep (#iGAS)
Facility: Crown Ridge Place
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: North Wing
Location: #Trenton #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-19

Public Health Unit: South East Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #SEHU0031
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSEHU

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

Outbreak: Invasive group A #strep (#iGAS)
Facility: Crown Ridge Place
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: North Wing
Location: #Trenton #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-19

Public Health Unit: South East Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #SEHU0031
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSEHU

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

Outbreak: Invasive group A #strep (#iGAS)
Facility: Crown Ridge Place
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: North Wing
Location: #Trenton #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-19

Public Health Unit: South East Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #SEHU0031
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSEHU

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

Outbreak: Invasive group A #strep (#iGAS)
Facility: Crown Ridge Place
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: North Wing
Location: #Trenton #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-19

Public Health Unit: South East Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #SEHU0031
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSEHU

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

Outbreak: Group A #Strep *
Facility: Algoma Manor
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Pine
Location: #Thessalon #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-04

Public Health Unit: Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0011
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHU

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* https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/group-a-streptococcal-diseases.html

Outbreak: Group A #Strep *
Facility: Algoma Manor
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Pine
Location: #Thessalon #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-04

Public Health Unit: Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0011
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHU

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

* https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/group-a-streptococcal-diseases.html

Outbreak: Group A #Strep *
Facility: Algoma Manor
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Pine
Location: #Thessalon #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-04

Public Health Unit: Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0011
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHU

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

* https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/group-a-streptococcal-diseases.html

Outbreak: Group A #Strep *
Facility: Algoma Manor
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Pine
Location: #Thessalon #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-04

Public Health Unit: Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0011
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHU

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

* https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/group-a-streptococcal-diseases.html

Outbreak: Group A #Strep *
Facility: Algoma Manor
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Pine
Location: #Thessalon #Ontario
Date: 2025-02-04

Public Health Unit: Algoma Public Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #APHU0011
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObAPHU

Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

* https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/group-a-streptococcal-diseases.html

#ConversionTherapy #group #Files #SCOTUS #Brief Claiming #Strep, #LymeDisease, and #Manga Make You #Trans.

#PartnersforEthicalCare, a #hategroup #notorious for pushing the #dangerous and #debunked #practice of #ConversionTherapy, known for its #harmful effects.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/conversion-therapy-org-files-scotus

Ignore the title and reference to ivermectin. This article is not primarily political, but the title reflects how the pandemic in general is political. Don't let that turn you off.

The article explains our situation really well, including why so many hospitals are filling with sick kids. It's important that people understand the issues discussed in this post.

#immunodeficiency #ImmuneDysfunction #immunityDebt #LongCovid #postCOVID #OrganDamage #RSV #Strep #SickKids

https://thegauntlet.substack.com/p/with-immunity-debt-democrats-are

Say an atheist prayer for NHS healthcare workers HCWs 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 : https://twitter.com/doctor_oxford/status/1608898709735215104 "In 14 years as a doctor I’ve never known such horrific conditions. Patients dying on trolleys with zero dignity. Or screaming & moaning in corridors. Dickensian overcrowding, total implosion. Despair. Weeping staff. Abject misery.

Do you care at all
@Jeremy_Hunt
?
@SteveBarclay
?" #COVID #NHS #tripledemic #influenza #strep

Vert nasty strep infection from contact with raw fish in Hong Kong.

"Seven men and six women, aged between 35 and 94, had the ST283 infection, it said, adding that they mainly suffered from sepsis and joint abscesses."

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3278781/13-more-hong-kong-patients-found-have-potentially-deadly-infection-linked-fish?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage #foodsafety #China #HongKong #strep #streptococcus #outbreak #disease

Cousin's 17yo had #pneumonia in August.

Husband's client's 17yo currently has pneumonia.

Family friend 11yo has pneumonia, #strep, and double ear infections.

Cousin's pediatrician says it's not normal for kids this age to be getting pneumonia, but they're seeing more and more cases.

My doctor told me yesterday: "COVID is, of course, the main thing we're seeing right now, but it tends to test negative in a lot of cases (negative, negative, negative, then positive--so dumb!)."

1/2

So, #covid and #strep are running rampant among teachers and students at 11yo's school.

I had to pick her up early yesterday because she had a migraine.

She stayed home today with general ickiness & low energy. Temp 1° above normal-for-her.

She and Ed just tested negative for covid. They'll test again Sunday evening.

I started running a fever this evening. I'll test tomorrow evening.

I have been out of #CovidJail for 2 weeks, 4 days.

Sepsis in children: Boy has leg amputated after battle with Strep A | The Independent
Hash tag list:
#Sepsis
#Strep
#StrepA
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/strep-a-symptoms-sepsis-amputated-b2320642.html

I updated my blog on #Strep due to what's going on in the UK.

I am scared for the kids.

Please #WearAMask, #StayHomeWhenSick, #DontTouchYourFace, and #WashHands. I hope the #AntibioticShortage ends soon!

https://drkristenstuppy.substack.com/p/strep-throat-treatment

@tootiatricians

A molecule made by #Streptococcus #pyogenes — the #bacterium that causes #strep throat — could help explain the origins of enigmatic #autoimmune diseases such as #rheumatic fever and #lupus. Findings illuminate why century-old #cancer #immunotherapies showed promise and why modern immune therapies for cancer don’t work as often as they could.
#Biology #Chemistry #Medical #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/10/bio10072301.html

I don't know if this video will be useful to people who are worried about #StrepA, but I have always found #DrJohnCampbell produces very informative videos on his channel and he always references good sources of data

https://youtu.be/HPD1IVdzvro

#strep #scarletfever #drjohncampbell

I love my wife's parents.  Having a great time in Florida.

I was reluctant to travel from Maryland to Florida because -- you know
-- #COVID. And #Flu.  And #RSV.  And apparently #Strep Throat is going
around too.

However -- I had to come.  Yeah -- I could say no, but then I would
incur the marital damage of refusing to visit for several years... In
fairness, this emergency is going to go on for YEARS to come, so no
upset with my wife.  Even though it is a damn stupid time to travel.

Plane flight down the Thursday before Christmas -- fully packed flight
to Atlanta and the idiot next to me without a mask and coughing the
whole time.  Angela and I had N95 masks on the whole time.  Both fully
vaccinated and boosted against COVID and the Flu.

3 days after the flight, Angela got sick.  I managed to hold out about 6
days before getting symptoms.

You know those home COVID test kits?  Yeah -- lots of luck -- Angela has
been testing negative for well over a week with symptoms.

Today's urgent care visit -- negative on Flu and Strep.  Mild positive
on COVID -- mostly likely because we are now on the tale-end of it.  So
Angela has bronchial problems on top of COVID. I'm pretty mild -- a
minor miracle considering *I* am the one who is mildly
#immunecompromised.  Ear infections and swelled neck lymph nodes too. 
Antibiotics, nasal saline, and steroids in our immediate future.  Angela
gets a stronger antibiotic and an inhaler too.

Fun times.

Really hoping her parents stay okay.

I'm annoyed at being a poster child for stupidity here when I've done
little but isolate the whole time since March 2020.  We are also very
lucky.  This is my first (rather mild) go at having COVID.

Telehealth needs to be here to stay.

@psychotherapists

--
*Michael Reeder, LCPC
*
*Hygeia Counseling Services : Baltimore / Mt. Washington Village location*
*410-871-TALK / michael(at)hygeiacounseling.com*
*http://www.hygeiacounseling.com - main website.
*

I've only had a #SoreThroat that bad one time in my whole life. It was probably #strep but never got diagnosed. I spent three days holding water in my mouth until I could get enough courage to gulp it down, then trying not to cry when I did. I can't imagine going to work in that condition.

#Strep, #bacterial & #fungal infections are all on the rise, along with our beloved and protected viruses such as #covid, #rsv, #flu, #measles and as a side effect/bonus, #pneumonia. Our society is hard at work ensuring we get sicker and sicker, over and over again, allowing these bugs to thrive and - eventually - dominate.

This behaviour strikes me as... curious.

I will have no part of it. I will protect myself and those around me by extracting myself from risky public situations, and using a high-quality #respirator like an #n95 anytime I am around other people. No bugs in, no bugs out.

#GermsAreReal #wearAMask

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/invasive-group-a-strep-infections-deaths-new-brunswick-yves-leger-1.7099161

#HidradenitisSuppurativa anxiety is high in me today

I don't even think #anxiety is an accurate label for what I'm actually feeling, though.

It's like a slowly-descending terror, the sort that comes from insights on one's own current moment and feelings of inevitable catastrophe or doom, and the inability to escape or change its course.

For example:

a new bump or nodule felt under the skin while bathing can cause a nervous twinge in the back of my mind, like; what will this develop into? Then, after such a discovery, my logical course of action is to get out the anti-inflammatory ointments and the antibiotic creams and immediately apply them to the area(s) of the suspect lump(s).

I already use hibicleanse as body wash everytime I shower. #Hibicleanse kills normal #bacteria and #microbes on the skin, like #staph, #strep, #candida (yeast). To the average person with a healthy immune system, these microbes on small, balanced amounts don't trigger a response to go to 'war' from the #immuneSystem. My immune system however, is distrustful of whatever is on my skin, to the point that even the very texture of clothing can set it off, and my skin develops nodules-- not on the surface like #acne, which is usually a reaction to what's in the pore, oil glands, etc, but rather, a pocket of fluid forms in the nodule, sort of like a blister, almost, and it turns to pus (note: acne is plenty awful on its own-- I do NOT want to minimize that condition, my own brother had it awful).

It's also important to note that for every one with HS there can be different completely factors and triggers for each person, some being hormonal only, some environmental, or diet only or a combination of factors, including lifestyle, and what are considered #comorbid conditions and diseases that intersect with HS and or make it worse.

For me personally, it's a combination of environmental toxins, food and allergies and unregulated blood glucose levels, that and GI disease and Elhers Danslos Syndrome ( #EDS) and #POTS. Some of these intersect with #Autism and the nervous system which also are things that affect me and the severity of my conditions.

So, back to the HS infection risk--
Remember how I wrote that I must wash with hibicleanse all over my body?

Well, if I don't get rid of most of my skin surface microbes, the microbes could infect and culture the fluid-filled nodules and could develop (but not always in some people) a serious infection. This is where the slowly descending terror factors in. Once the process of infection starts, it's already in its path, and there are sometimes very limited ways to act, and every option puts me at the mercy of the medical system and the home environment I live in. Mobility disabilities and developmental disabilities complicate this all, because it takes much executive functioning to keep on top of skin care AND taking a bunch of pills that require different times and procedures.

I might edit this later, but I have to go an eat.
Thanks for reading if you made it this far

#HidradenitisSuppurativa anxiety is high in me today

I don't even think #anxiety is an accurate label for what I'm actually feeling, though.

It's like a slowly-descending terror, the sort that comes from insights on one's own current moment and feelings of inevitable catastrophe or doom, and the inability to escape or change its course.

For example:

a new bump or nodule felt under the skin while bathing can cause a nervous twinge in the back of my mind, like; what will this develop into? Then, after such a discovery, my logical course of action is to get out the anti-inflammatory ointments and the antibiotic creams and immediately apply them to the area(s) of the suspect lump(s).

I already use hibicleanse as body wash everytime I shower. #Hibicleanse kills normal #bacteria and #microbes on the skin, like #staph, #strep, #candida (yeast). To the average person with a healthy immune system, these microbes on small, balanced amounts don't trigger a response to go to 'war' from the #immuneSystem. My immune system however, is distrustful of whatever is on my skin, to the point that even the very texture of clothing can set it off, and my skin develops nodules-- not on the surface like #acne, which is usually a reaction to what's in the pore, oil glands, etc, but rather, a pocket of fluid forms in the nodule, sort of like a blister, almost, and it turns to pus (note: acne is plenty awful on its own-- I do NOT want to minimize that condition, my own brother had it awful).

It's also important to note that for every one with HS there can be different completely factors and triggers for each person, some being hormonal only, some environmental, or diet only or a combination of factors, including lifestyle, and what are considered #comorbid conditions and diseases that intersect with HS and or make it worse.

For me personally, it's a combination of environmental toxins, food and allergies and unregulated blood glucose levels, that and GI disease and Elhers Danslos Syndrome ( #EDS) and #POTS. Some of these intersect with #Autism and the nervous system which also are things that affect me and the severity of my conditions.

So, back to the HS infection risk--
Remember how I wrote that I must wash with hibicleanse all over my body?

Well, if I don't get rid of most of my skin surface microbes, the microbes could infect and culture the fluid-filled nodules and could develop (but not always in some people) a serious infection. This is where the slowly descending terror factors in. Once the process of infection starts, it's already in its path, and there are sometimes very limited ways to act, and every option puts me at the mercy of the medical system and the home environment I live in. Mobility disabilities and developmental disabilities complicate this all, because it takes much executive functioning to keep on top of skin care AND taking a bunch of pills that require different times and procedures.

I might edit this later, but I have to go an eat.
Thanks for reading if you made it this far

I'm on call this weekend trying to find #antibiotics for kids in local pharmacies. Since some are having to wait, I want to remind parents that delaying treatment is frustrating, but things can still be managed at home. I wrote a bit about #strep treatment during this #AntibioticShortage.

https://drkristenstuppy.substack.com/p/strep-throat-treatment

#PedsCrisis
@tootiatricians

I don't know if this video will be useful to people who are worried about #StrepA, but I have always found #DrJohnCampbell produces very informative videos on his channel and he always references good sources of data

https://youtu.be/HPD1IVdzvro

#strep #scarletfever #drjohncampbell