Stopping pneumococcus

Children at daycare centres, as seen in this filepic, are at higher risk of contracting pneumococcal disease as the bacteria is easily spread through coughing or sneezing.

It starts out with the fever and chills. There may be some coughing and chest pain, possibly also difficulty in breathing. As a parent, you are naturally really anxious and worried about your sick child, but you probably think it’s just the flu.

More likely than not, your family doctor will come to a similar conclusion and prescribe the typical regimen of flu medications, possibly with a course of antibiotics, just to be safe.