Scarlet fever in a child: symptoms and treatment

Symptoms of scarlet fever in a child should be known to every parent. This is an infectious disease that causes group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GABA). I advise you to take this diagnosis seriously. This disease is insidious, do not take it lightly! Scarlet fever in a child can occur in a mild form, and bring the patient minor inconvenience. But it can manifest in severe form, which threatens with complications.

Even in the XVII century there were terrible epidemics of scarlet fever, they compared it no less – with the plague. Today, thanks to antibiotics from scarlet fever, no one dies, but being alert is still not out of place. Until the mid-20th century, the exact causative agent of scarlet fever was not known. Only thanks to numerous immunological and microbiological studies carried out with scarlet fever, it was possible to prove the bacterial nature of the disease. Therefore, now we have effective treatment regimens for this disease. Continue reading →