Scarlet Fever is an infectious bacterial disease affecting mostly children, and causing fever and a rash. It is caused by streptococci. Scarlet fever is one of those diseases that put fear into everyone's eyes when they heard someone around them had contracted it. The scarlet fever was first discovered in the 1600s by an english physician and researcher named Thomas Sydenham. Thomas had many other contributions like the treatment of smallpox. He was the only one who noticed the scarlet fever as a separate disease and not just as a strain of something else. Scarlet Fever was common during the 1800s and occurred in epidemics, meaning that it had a widespread occurrence. Scarlet fever is a fast growing and spreading disease so it was really easy
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In the 1800s small cities were set up and people came in interaction with several people everyday. This interaction is what made it easy for several people to contract the disease. Children were more likely to contract this disease in most cases. Families often lost many children to this bacterial disease. Children have a lot of interaction with one another and are less cleanly than adults,thus making them more susceptible to the disease. The scarlet fever was a potential threat to anyone not just children. Adults who contracted the disease died faster than children despite them being more hygienic they had weaker immune systems. The first signs of scarlet fever include, sore throat and rash. These symptoms usually occur in the first two to three days. Other symptoms include fever, swelling of the glands, chills, vomiting, nausea, and rash. The rash can be described as a sunburn with tiny bumps followed by a burning/itching sensation. These symptoms were untreatable unlike today due to the lack of medical technology. There was almost zero ways they could help you once you had the fever. Death followed about one to two weeks after you contracted the bacterial disease. After death personal belongings were burned to help stop the spread of the bacteria. Population was highly affected by this disease. The mortality rate was extremely high and cities were almost entirely wiped out once the scarlet fever made its way
In the 1800s small cities were set up and people came in interaction with several people everyday. This interaction is what made it easy for several people to contract the disease. Children were more likely to contract this disease in most cases. Families often lost many children to this bacterial disease. Children have a lot of interaction with one another and are less cleanly than adults,thus making them more susceptible to the disease. The scarlet fever was a potential threat to anyone not just children. Adults who contracted the disease died faster than children despite them being more hygienic they had weaker immune systems. The first signs of scarlet fever include, sore throat and rash. These symptoms usually occur in the first two to three days. Other symptoms include fever, swelling of the glands, chills, vomiting, nausea, and rash. The rash can be described as a sunburn with tiny bumps followed by a burning/itching sensation. These symptoms were untreatable unlike today due to the lack of medical technology. There was almost zero ways they could help you once you had the fever. Death followed about one to two weeks after you contracted the bacterial disease. After death personal belongings were burned to help stop the spread of the bacteria. Population was highly affected by this disease. The mortality rate was extremely high and cities were almost entirely wiped out once the scarlet fever made its way