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Have a child aged 4 years. he has a fever just under a 101 with heavy breathing and a sore throat?

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Strep?: Have the child tested for strep throat, and treated if this present. This is probably a virus which he will recover from quickly, but untreated strep places him at risk of post-streptococcal rheumatic fever.

Answered 3/26/2013

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Have a child aged 4 years. he has a fever just under a 101 with heavy breathing and a sore throat?

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