" A common disease in the winter season is strep throat. Affecting your tonsils and your throat, the virus can spread quickly and affect your home, classroom or workplace. Make sure you know the signs and symptoms to know when to go to a doctor for the right treatment. How Strep Throat Can Spread Streptococcal pharyngitis originates in the nose and throat and spreads through sneezing and coughing. Droplets of moisture containing the virus are forced ...

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" Have you recently noticed a rash forming on your child’s hands, feet or near their mouth? Your child may have come into contact with hand, foot and mouth disease. Most common in children under the age of 5, it is a highly contagious virus that can spread to adults through direct contact with unwashed hands or bodily materials. Symptoms last for up to 10 days and may heal without medication, but can be misdiagnosed ...

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