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What Are The Symptoms Of Scarlet Fever?
Posted on
Sun, 20 Mar 2016
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Question : how does a person know if they have scarlet fever or an allergic reaction?
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Scarlet Fever is an infectious bacterial disease affecting especially children, and causing fever and a scarlet rash. It is caused by Streptococci. The rashes look something like:
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and the doctor would be able to identify it.
Allergic reactions are quite common. They are not associated with fever unless the allergic reaction is an association of a viral infection which spontaneously resolves in a week or so. Moreovere, allergic reactions are usually itchy.
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Differentiating points mentioned
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
Scarlet Fever is an infectious bacterial disease affecting especially children, and causing fever and a scarlet rash. It is caused by Streptococci. The rashes look something like:
http://www.YYYYYY.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276369/Article/images/0000/0000.jpg
and the doctor would be able to identify it.
Allergic reactions are quite common. They are not associated with fever unless the allergic reaction is an association of a viral infection which spontaneously resolves in a week or so. Moreovere, allergic reactions are usually itchy.
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