The folds of the skin around the armpits, elbows and knees can be a deeper red than the surrounding rash. The peeling of the rash can also indicate the status of the disease, by the end of the first week the skin will begin to peel and flake off, this is referred to as ‘Desquamation’, from Latin ‘desquamare’, meaning ‘to scrape off of a fish’. Sometimes the rash can last up to two full weeks before it fully goes away. (“Britannica.com”), Scarlet Fever -symptoms. Fever, chills, sore throat, headache, swollen tonsils, and a white tongue with red dots on the surface, which is called strawberry tongue are some of the other symptoms of the disease. The incubation of the disease is generally three to five days, symptoms showing on the second
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In many cases no rash appears at all; the throat is the thing to watch. Six days after a child is exposed to scarlet fever there will be a rise in fever and a sore throat. Granted those symptoms could be any number of illnesses (like the common cold or flu). However, overlooking those symptoms during the crucial first days, was definitely a component in its spread since it was contagious at that point. In most cases, a day or so later a fine scarlet rash will appear and the patient should be quarantined; which usually lasts four to six weeks. Complete isolation is required in order to control scarlet fever. The recovering of a patient is judged by the scaling of the rash, but the throat should not be …show more content…
Once infected, people were immediately taken away on horse driven “fever cabs” and then quarantined in hospitals to prevent further spreading the disease. Additionally, their belongings were also burned.
Before antibiotics were developed and produced as a mainstream treatment for bacterial infections around 1945, scarlet fever could lead to a number of deadly medical issues. These included infected sores, meningitis, pneumonia, rheumatic fever, and liver and kidney damage.
Once the patient was diagnosed as having scarlet fever, common treatment being followed during that period was bloodletting. The therapeutic practice of bloodletting was being followed from fifth century BC and was prevalent in many cultures. This practice was considered as logical during that period when the foundations of medical treatment was on the basis that the illness is due to imbalance of blood. Purging, starving, vomiting and bloodletting were to be followed to restore the
In many cases no rash appears at all; the throat is the thing to watch. Six days after a child is exposed to scarlet fever there will be a rise in fever and a sore throat. Granted those symptoms could be any number of illnesses (like the common cold or flu). However, overlooking those symptoms during the crucial first days, was definitely a component in its spread since it was contagious at that point. In most cases, a day or so later a fine scarlet rash will appear and the patient should be quarantined; which usually lasts four to six weeks. Complete isolation is required in order to control scarlet fever. The recovering of a patient is judged by the scaling of the rash, but the throat should not be …show more content…
Once infected, people were immediately taken away on horse driven “fever cabs” and then quarantined in hospitals to prevent further spreading the disease. Additionally, their belongings were also burned.
Before antibiotics were developed and produced as a mainstream treatment for bacterial infections around 1945, scarlet fever could lead to a number of deadly medical issues. These included infected sores, meningitis, pneumonia, rheumatic fever, and liver and kidney damage.
Once the patient was diagnosed as having scarlet fever, common treatment being followed during that period was bloodletting. The therapeutic practice of bloodletting was being followed from fifth century BC and was prevalent in many cultures. This practice was considered as logical during that period when the foundations of medical treatment was on the basis that the illness is due to imbalance of blood. Purging, starving, vomiting and bloodletting were to be followed to restore the