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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Scarlet Fever oh-no!!!!!!



Scarlet Fever - strep throat with horrible itchy a rash.   

Scarlet Fever is known as Streptococcus (group A) and has the same bacteria as strep throat .  What was once a serious childhood disease can now be easily cured.  It takes one or two days for symptoms to show and it begins with a fever and sore throat.  I think it feels like sand paper on your tongue.  In the first 2 days a rash shows on the neck and chest.  Then it spreads across the whole body.   Other symptoms include chills, fever, headaches, vomiting and a swollen red tongue.   It can take up to 2 - 3 weeks to fully go away.  The disease can be carried by the mouth and nasal fluids and spread by the droplets from sneezing or coughing.I think that bactiria is pretty cool what it does for us.Like help us digest food and 99% of bactiria can help us in life.  
Check out this cool link to tell all about scarlet fever and it includes pictures.
Here is what it looks like in  your lungs.

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