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Respiratory & strep infections rise
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 7:58 PM EDT Updated: Apr 30, 2013 8:36 PM EDT
More people in the area are becoming sick with respiratory and strep infections.
Every day for the past couple of weeks around 25 people have been going to Family Medicine Center in Amarillo for care. And nurse practitioners say this is out of the ordinary. They say the flu has died down, but mid-March is when they began seeing the rise.
Texas Tech Physicians of Amarillo says everyday they're seeing around 30 people test positive for strep throat from children to young adults. Dr. Muhammad Uddin with Texas Tech Physicians of Amarillo says, "We have been seeing some cold viruses, and cold kind is of going down now. But we are more seeing throat infections, especially strep pharyngitis..."
Respiratory & strep infections rise
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 7:58 PM EDT Updated: Apr 30, 2013 8:36 PM EDT
More people in the area are becoming sick with respiratory and strep infections.
Every day for the past couple of weeks around 25 people have been going to Family Medicine Center in Amarillo for care. And nurse practitioners say this is out of the ordinary. They say the flu has died down, but mid-March is when they began seeing the rise.
Texas Tech Physicians of Amarillo says everyday they're seeing around 30 people test positive for strep throat from children to young adults. Dr. Muhammad Uddin with Texas Tech Physicians of Amarillo says, "We have been seeing some cold viruses, and cold kind is of going down now. But we are more seeing throat infections, especially strep pharyngitis..."