My 5 year old grand daughter and my 2 year old grand son have scarletina and we do not know what all it is and how long things take to get cured.
2007-07-21 09:13:09 · 2 answers · asked by Mari and Josh Furby 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Scarletina is a streptococcal infection (normally strep throat) with an erythrogenic strain that causes the sandpaper rash. In the days before penicillin, it was a real worry and even caused some deaths. Since World War II, it's become more of a nuisance, and you'll be pretty safe considering it an ugly case of strep throat. After a couple days' penicillin, the risks of spread drop precipitously.
2007-07-21 09:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It like measles but it's gone before you know what it is, unless there's some kind of secondary disease with it and, I'm sure there shouldn't be, don't worry.
2007-07-21 16:17:38 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋