Scarlet Fever affects thousands of young children per year. Scarlet fever is often found more in young girls between the ages of 2 to 8 then boys in the same age category Scarlet Fever normally lasts up to 2 weeks. After you/your child has been through treatment they should wait 24 hours before trying to interact with other human beings. Even after the treatment the disease is still contagious for 24 hours. If Scarlet Fever is not treated it can lead to kidney disease and heart attacks.
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Scarlet fever only affects a small percentage of people and typically affects children. There have been 9,400 cases of scarlet fever since 1999.
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2 out of every 78% of victims who were diagnosed with scarlet fever last year died.
She was nineteen months old when she contracted an illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain," which could possibly have been scarlet fever or meningitis.
Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection caused by Group A Streptococcus bacteria. The mortality rate for scarlet fever has significantly decreased with the advent of antibiotics. However, in rare cases where complications arise, such as sepsis or toxic shock syndrome, scarlet fever can lead to death. The exact number of deaths from scarlet fever each year is difficult to determine as it is relatively rare in developed countries with access to medical care.
Children since they do not have a good immune system yet.
The word scarlet means red. Scarlet is also a type of fever that killed many Americans in the 1800's. It was characterized by a red rash.
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