Deliciously Ella reveals strep A scare after she spent the night in A&E with her daughter who 'had signs' of the killer bug
- Deliciously Ella, 31, revealed she had spent 7 hours in hospital with her daughter
- The mother-of-two said she had 'strep signs' but is now doing much better
- Fitness guru Ella praised 'angel' doctors and nurses who were 'consistently kind'
Deliciously Ella has revealed her relief after spending the night in A&E with her daughter who was showing 'strep signs' only to find it was a false alarm.
The London-based health guru, 31, whose real name is Ella Mills, shared a photo on her Instagram story of her daughter's legs which appears to have been taken in hospital while they waited to be seen.
Ella's story comes as parents have been warned to look out for the signs of strep A in their children as the bug sweeps the nation.
The mother-of-two wrote: 'A night in A&E with my gal. And the absolute angels that are NHS doctors and nurses.
Fitness guru Deliciously Ella, real name Ella Mills (pictured on This Morning) revealed she had spent the night in A&E with her daughter following a strep A scare
Posting on her Instagram story, the mother-of-two said her daughter had shown 'strep signs' and had developed a rash but had been send home with antibiotics
'Seven hours there and they were consistently kind, patient and helpful, despite being extraordinarily busy.
'She had some strep signs and a rash, but home now ok antibiotics.' (sic)
In a later Instagram story, she revealed she was back at work today after going to bed at 4am following the trip to hospital.
Ella, who is mother to Skye and May, did not specify which daughter she had taken to hospital but her fears for her daughter's health echo the worries of parents around the UK amid a strep A outbreak.
Nine children in the UK have now died of the normally harmless bug after the death of five-year-old Stella-Lily McCorkindale from Belfast suffered a life-threatening complicationn.
Stella-Lilly was treated at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children after falling ill last week but died on Monday. Her father Robert has since thanked people for their 'prayers, thoughts, feelings and love' following his daughter's tragic death.
Strep A is bacteria that cause a range of infections, including strep throat, tonsillitis and impetigo — a skin infection. It can also cause scarlet fever.
In a social media post, it said: 'Sadly, the governors, staff and students of Black Mountain Primary School have been informed of the untimely passing of one of our P2 pupils, Stella-Lily McCorkindale.'
It added the 'bright and popular schoolgirl' would be 'greatly missed'.
Following Stella-Lily's death, Northern Ireland's Public Health Agency issued a letter to parents of pupils in primary one to three — children aged five to eight — informing them that Stella-Lily had been diagnosed with severe Strep A.
The youngsters were advised to go to a clinic for a preventative course of antibiotics.
As cases are on the rise among young children in the UK, parents are being warned to look out for symptoms in their children.
And a warning from the UK Health Security Agency urged doctors to set a 'low threshold' for sending children with symptoms to hospital and giving them antibiotics.
However, on Tuesday GPs warned they were at risk of becoming overwhelmed by the growing number of parents concerned their children might have symptoms.
In a letter to patients seen by MailOnline, a GP surgery in Oxfordshire said: 'We are in danger of being overwhelmed and unable to offer appointments to all the patients we need to.
'However we understand it's difficult to know when you or your child needs to see a doctor so to help with this, if you are concerned about a viral infection please look at this helpful advice before contacting the surgery.'
Doctors union, the British Medical Association (BMA), said NHS England must start directing patients to only NHS 111 initially to ensure GPs are not overwhelmed.
Dr Kieran Sharrock, the BMA's acting chair of GPC England, said: 'GPs are seeing an increase in demand about Strep A, but what mustn’t happen is that general practice gets overwhelmed.'
'We are already working at capacity, with too few doctors, and need to make sure that we remain available for other patients who need us.'
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