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Aimee Byron, 22, a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had ‘tickles in his throat’.

It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said. But after a few days of suffering, she took him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to hospital for treatment.

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The infected throat and Aimee Byron, with her son Jamie Picture: Aimee Byron / SWNS

Jamie had a sore throat, large glands, was drowsy and holding his ears, couldn’t swallow drinks and wasn’t passing urine.

But just a day after he returned home, little brother Drew, 17 months, was diagnosed with the same bacterial infection, after catching it from Jamie.

With both boys at home poorly - but recovering - Aimee and Will Jones, 24, a salesman, from Fareham, say they feel lucky they trusted her instincts and didn't believe it was just tonsillitis.

Downing Street has warned parents to be on the lookout for strep A infection.

Aimee Byron, 18, from Fareham in Hampshire who almost lost her baby Jamie after he was unable to keep food down due to a digestive complication that required delicate surgery. Jamie is now thriving. See SWNS story SWTPstomach. A baby nearly STARVED to death because of a rare condition - which doctors diagnosed as indigestion, his parents say. Jamie Jones was given less than a week to live as his little body rejected all food - and even milk. His parents and doctors were unaware a bodily tube that carries food to his stomach was too narrow - and his weight plummeted. Jamie, from Fareham, Hants., would projectile vomit over a meter across the room every time mum Amiee Byron tried to feed him.
:A mum whose TWO children have Strep A has warned parents of the signs following the death of at least eight children in the UK.
Aimee Byron, 22, a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat".
It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said.
But after a few days of suffering, she took him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to hospital for treatment. — Aimee Byron, 18, from Fareham in Hampshire who almost lost her baby Jamie after he was unable to keep food down due to a digestive complication that required delicate surgery. Jamie is now thriving. See SWNS story SWTPstomach. A baby nearly STARVED to death because of a rare condition - which doctors diagnosed as indigestion, his parents say. Jamie Jones was given less than a week to live as his little body rejected all food - and even milk. His parents and doctors were unaware a bodily tube that carries food to his stomach was too narrow - and his weight plummeted. Jamie, from Fareham, Hants., would projectile vomit over a meter across the room every time mum Amiee Byron tried to feed him. :A mum whose TWO children have Strep A has warned parents of the signs following the death of at least eight children in the UK. Aimee Byron, 22, a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat". It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said. But after a few days of suffering, she took him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to hospital for treatment.

At least nine children have died with strep A infection since September, prompting the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to issue a rare alert on Friday evening.

A senior health official said the early start to the season in the UK could be due to the Covid-19 pandemic. There have been suggestions that antibiotics could be given to whole schools in the event of outbreaks.

Aimee said: ‘It made me feel so helpless because you feel like screaming at the doctor. I know they have done years and years in studying but I know my child.

‘It was so refreshing to hear the doctor say they weren't going to question me on my child. I am so unbelievably lucky to have my Jamie at home, getting better when this story could have had such a devastating end.

Jamie Jones. See SWNS story SWSMstrepthroat. A mum whose TWO children were hit with Strep A has warned parents the signs to look out for following the death of at least eight children in the UK. Aimee Byron, 22,a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat". It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said. But after a few days of suffering, she tool him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital for treatment. But just a day after he returned home, little brother Drew, 17 months, was diagnosed with the same bacterial infection, after catching it from Jamie. :A mum whose TWO children have Strep A has warned parents of the signs following the death of at least eight children in the UK.
Aimee Byron, 22, a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat".
It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said.
But after a few days of suffering, she took him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to hospital for treatment. — Jamie Jones. See SWNS story SWSMstrepthroat. A mum whose TWO children were hit with Strep A has warned parents the signs to look out for following the death of at least eight children in the UK. Aimee Byron, 22,a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat". It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said. But after a few days of suffering, she tool him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital for treatment. But just a day after he returned home, little brother Drew, 17 months, was diagnosed with the same bacterial infection, after catching it from Jamie. :A mum whose TWO children have Strep A has warned parents of the signs following the death of at least eight children in the UK. Aimee Byron, 22, a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat". It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said. But after a few days of suffering, she took him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to hospital for treatment.

‘He is luckily at the better end of the scale now in terms of Strep A severity but if left it could’ve been worse.’

On Tuesday November 29, Jamie woke up feeling drowsy and restless but Aimee thought it was down to him having a late night the day before.

Later that day he was screaming in pain holding his head.

Worried mum-of-two Aimee looked down his throat and his tonsil were ‘nearly touching’ and the back of his throat was covered in white big spots and small red pinpricks.

The spots in Jamie Jones's throat after he caught Strep A. See SWNS story SWSMstrepthroat. A mum whose TWO children were hit with Strep A has warned parents the signs to look out for following the death of at least eight children in the UK. Aimee Byron, 22,a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat". It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said. But after a few days of suffering, she tool him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital for treatment. But just a day after he returned home, little brother Drew, 17 months, was diagnosed with the same bacterial infection, after catching it from Jamie. :A mum whose TWO children have Strep A has warned parents of the signs following the death of at least eight children in the UK.
Aimee Byron, 22, a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat".
It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said.
But after a few days of suffering, she took him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to hospital for treatment. — The spots in Jamie Jones's throat after he caught Strep A. See SWNS story SWSMstrepthroat. A mum whose TWO children were hit with Strep A has warned parents the signs to look out for following the death of at least eight children in the UK. Aimee Byron, 22,a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat". It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said. But after a few days of suffering, she tool him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital for treatment. But just a day after he returned home, little brother Drew, 17 months, was diagnosed with the same bacterial infection, after catching it from Jamie. :A mum whose TWO children have Strep A has warned parents of the signs following the death of at least eight children in the UK. Aimee Byron, 22, a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat". It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said. But after a few days of suffering, she took him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to hospital for treatment.

After a restless night, Aimee called the doctors.

The family received a phone consultation and after sending over pictures the doctor diagnoses Jamie with tonsillitis and told Aimee to monitor how much he was drinking and weeing.

Aimee said: ‘I had looked at photos online of Strep Throat and what Jamie had looked exactly the same. I questioned that and he didn’t really make a comment.

‘We got antibiotics and started them straight away.

‘Jamie went for a wee Wednesday afternoon and didn’t go again until Friday morning and when he went it was the tiniest amount.

‘On Thursday evening, I thought 'I'm not having this' and I got told I can either have a phone appointment within hours or take him to the hospital.’

Aimee Byron's baby Jamie who almost died after he was unable to keep food down due to a digestive complication that required delicate surgery. Jamie is now thriving. See SWNS story SWTPstomach. A baby nearly STARVED to death because of a rare condition - which doctors diagnosed as indigestion, his parents say. Jamie Jones was given less than a week to live as his little body rejected all food - and even milk. His parents and doctors were unaware a bodily tube that carries food to his stomach was too narrow - and his weight plummeted. Jamie, from Fareham, Hants., would projectile vomit over a meter across the room every time mum Amiee Byron tried to feed him.
:A mum whose TWO children have Strep A has warned parents of the signs following the death of at least eight children in the UK.
Aimee Byron, 22, a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat".
It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said.
But after a few days of suffering, she took him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to hospital for treatment. — Aimee Byron's baby Jamie who almost died after he was unable to keep food down due to a digestive complication that required delicate surgery. Jamie is now thriving. See SWNS story SWTPstomach. A baby nearly STARVED to death because of a rare condition - which doctors diagnosed as indigestion, his parents say. Jamie Jones was given less than a week to live as his little body rejected all food - and even milk. His parents and doctors were unaware a bodily tube that carries food to his stomach was too narrow - and his weight plummeted. Jamie, from Fareham, Hants., would projectile vomit over a meter across the room every time mum Amiee Byron tried to feed him. :A mum whose TWO children have Strep A has warned parents of the signs following the death of at least eight children in the UK. Aimee Byron, 22, a stay-at-home mum said son Jamie Jones, three, became tired and started screaming in pain, holding his head saying he had "tickles in his throat". It was covered in white big spots and doctors told Aimee he was suffering from tonsillitis, she said. But after a few days of suffering, she took him back to the GP where he was diagnosed with strep A and taken to hospital for treatment.

Aimee took Jamie to hospital where she asked if it could be strep throat, because his symptoms were ‘identical’ to photos online.

Aimee again was told to wait five days and call the GP if Jamie's condition had worsened or not improved, she claims.

Unsatisfied, Aimee took him to a GP.

Aimee said: ‘After seeing how poorly he was, the state of his throat and that he had such poor urine output she called the paediatric department at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.

‘She noticed that all down the back of his throat was covered in tiny ulcers and she said it was the worst throat in a child she had ever seen.’

Aimee said the doctors and nurses at Queen Alexandra were ‘really helpful’.

Jamie was in the hospital for around five hours, he had a swab taken from the back of his throat, was given Difflam spray and was closely monitored with doctors confirming Jamie had Strep A.

Drew started to feel ‘unsettled’ on Saturday December 3 - when Aimee noticed spots around his mouth.

On Sunday, Drew started to feel really poorly, his symptoms were a sore throat, red spots around his mouth and white puffy spots on his tonsils.

Aimee had a telephone consultation for Drew the day after his brother came out of hospital, and he was immediately diagnosed with Strep A and given antibiotics.

Aimee added: ‘Jamie has turned a corner over the last few days.

‘I am so lucky it was caught when it was as now we know what we are dealing with and how to manage it while he gets better.

‘I knew it was Strep A and if it wasn’t that then it definitely wasn’t just tonsillitis.

‘Just be aware this horrible infection spreads so fast. Both of my little boys now have Strep A.

‘My youngest Strep A got worse so now he has sores around his mouth and a rash on his feet.

‘They have said that he now also has scarlet fever as well as Strep A.

‘My eldest, Jamie, is doing so much better. We just now need to hope my youngest follows that and starts feeling better soon.’

Fareham mum whose two children have Strep A warns about signs to look out for

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