SCARLET FEVER – GENERAL INFORMATION (SYMPTOMS; TREATMENT)

May 12th, 2009 | General health

The temperature and the rash often last for five to six days. Once the illness has subsided, the skin peels. There are many complications from scarlet fever, but these are not seen so often now.

Pneumonia and ear infection are common. Nephritis, or inflammation of the kidneys, and rheumatic fever, which may affect the heart are serious, rare complications.

The early use of antibiotics, particularly penicillin, in most cases of streptococcal infection, appears to have caused a reduction in a number of cases of scarlet fever and also in its severity.

The symptoms of scarlet fever, such as fever and headache, are of course treated as in all of these illnesses by the use of either aspirin or paracetamol. Bed-rest is essential. There is no vaccine to prevent scarlet fever.

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