Scarlet fever is caught by contact with the secretions of the saliva and nose of the individual contaminated with the bacteria that causes the disease, either by sneezing or coughing. Closed environments also favor the spread of the disease, such as day care centers, schools, movie theaters and shopping malls.
After contamination of the disease, which is more common in children and adults up to the age of 15, it causes symptoms such as high fever, sore throat, rashes reddish body and red tongue.
Scarlet fever is usually not transmitted 24 hours after the start of treatment, which is done with antibiotics such as penicillin, so the child can return to school and normal activities after this time, always with the indication of the pediatrician.
Although a person may come in contact with the bacteria that causes the disease, this does not mean that it develops, it will depend on your immune system. So if one of the brothers develops scarlet fever the other may just suffer from tonsillitis and not develop the disease.
An individual may suffer from scarlet fever 3 times in life, due to the 3 different forms of the bacterium, the infestation time being most common in summer and spring .
Useful links:
- Scarlet fever
- Symptoms of Scarlet Fever
- Treatment for Scarlet Fever
