Scarlet fever in children

Speaking of scarlet fever in children, many friends may not know that it is actually a contagious disease, and the transmission route is generally through the respiratory tract or saliva droplets. Scarlet fever in children is quite harmful and highly contagious. Generally, if the child's immune system is poor, the disease may recur, causing serious harm to the baby's growth.

Scarlet fever in children has an incubation period before the onset of the disease, which is generally about 2-4 days, but it may be longer, up to 10 days or more. However, no matter how long the incubation period of scarlet fever in children is, it is important to pay attention to timely treatment after the disease occurs.

If a baby has scarlet fever, antibiotic treatment must be used as soon as possible. Early injection of sufficient penicillin can shorten the course of the disease and speed up recovery. At present, due to the widespread use of penicillin, the number of babies with mild symptoms after becoming ill has increased significantly. Generally, the rash will subside and the body temperature will gradually drop 1 to 2 days after the injection of penicillin. However, you cannot stop taking the medication at will. You need to follow the doctor's instructions and continue taking the medication for 1 week until the symptoms completely disappear and the redness and swelling of the throat subsides. Do not treat it as a common cold. Otherwise, the hemolytic streptococci in the body will not be completely eliminated, which will cause many serious complications.

Complications of scarlet fever

Common and prominent complications of scarlet fever include rheumatic myocarditis, rheumatic arthritis, acute nephritis, etc. Rheumatic myocarditis often occurs in the later stage of rash. If the baby has fever, rash, and is accompanied by palpitations, shortness of breath, chest tightness and pain in the heart area, you should be alert to whether he has myocarditis; rheumatic arthritis often occurs in large joints and attacks symmetrically, with symptoms of redness, swelling, heat and pain in the joints, and appears in major joints one after another. If the above conditions occur, seek medical attention promptly; acute nephritis generally occurs 1 to 3 weeks after scarlet fever, and the baby will experience decreased urine volume, dark urine or hematuria, and edema of the eyelids and lower limbs. Therefore, it is best for the mother to take the baby for a routine urine test 2 to 4 weeks after recovering from scarlet fever.

In order to reduce the harm caused by scarlet fever in children to the baby's body, you must pay attention to treatment and care during the baby's illness, let the baby drink more boiled water, and the diet should be light and easy to digest. Do not treat it as a common cold symptom, otherwise it will easily cause complications.