A 5-year-old girl who eventually received a diagnosis of strep throat was suffering from the typical symptoms associated with the illness, but also one additional ailment that stood out: so-called strawberry tongue.
The girl, whose name was not revealed in an entry published in The New England Journal of Medicine, had a three-day history of fever, sore throat and pain while swallowing. She did not have a cough, runny nose or hoarseness, but she did have chapped lips and a red tongue with enlarged papillae, according to the report.
The 5-year-old was prescribed oral amoxicillin and had…
