Scarlett: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Scarlet fever is a serious infectious disease that usually occurs in childhood and is caused by a specific group of bacteria. It is characterized by a sudden onset of fever, rash, followed by a skin rash. Shall we talk about this a little bit? For more information, you can of our online pediatrician consultation What are the first symptoms? The first symptoms are a sudden onset of high fever, cough, headache and sore throat. After 12 to 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, the typical rash arises: diffuse reddish lesions (exanteema), micro papular. The skin looks scarlet and is rough to the touch, like “sboke”. Starting in the chest and expanding to the whole body, sparing palms and soles of the feet. In the face it affects the forehead and cheeks, with an pallor in the perioral region. Changes in the tongue in the first 2 days, being covered with a white layer and the papillae are red and edematous, around the 3rd day the tongue has a “raspberry” aspect. Reddish l...