Talk:Scarlet fever

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Scarlet Fever != Rheumatic Fever

Scarlet Fever is the name for the rash that occurs due to released exotoxins from Group A strep.

Rheumatic Fever is the autoimmune disease that occurs after infection with Group A strep that causes damage to your heart valves.

--DocJohnny 22:40, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Virulence of Group A streps not decresing!

The virulence of group A strep seems to be increasing lately.

"Lately" is rather vague and is it true of the entire planet?

This is false. The virulence of Group A (beta Haemolytic) Streptococci seems to be decreasing globally. This is exemplified by the falling incidence of Rheumatic Fever. The theories as to why include: 1) better general sanitation and decreased infection from group A streps 2) improved management of strep infections resulting in the fever to rarely progress to either Rheumatic or Scarlet Fever 3) an unexplained decreased pathogenicity of group A streps

[Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th Edition, Kumar, Cotran and Robbins. Chapter on Cardiovascular Pathology]

Rutigor

The edits you made are quite interesting and add some depth to the article, but they need to be sourced. I did remove the "They require reassurance..." sentence as it not very encyclopedic imo. --DocJohnny 06:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Illness and Antibiotics.

Illness is too vague to belong on any symptom list.

Antibiotic treatment for streptococcal infections is not seriously criticized. While most people will recover without antibiotics from strep throat, antibiotics significantly reduce complications such as rheumatic fever. I can find no legitimate medical articles advocating against antibiotic usage.--John^DO|^{Speak your mind} 05:10, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"School age children are most likely to have scarlet Fever, but it goes for most ages." - begging the author's pardon, but this line was coming up with incorrect formatting, and the information is not written in a clear way. Reynardo 05:09, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Scarlet Fever in Literature Section - Beth from Little Women

Doesn't Beth in Little Women die from Scarlet Fever? This article states she recovered. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.150.14.227 (talk) 17:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

I thought she died of consumption [as it was known then] or TB later on - she did not die of scarlet fever although she was dangerously ill with it. I don't recall anything as specific as congestive heart failure. Vandenwyngaerde 13:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The symptoms she had were the classic progression of scarlet fever to congestive heart failure. She never really recovers from the bout she has in "Little Women", and dies 5 years later in "Good Wives". Reynardo

More technical description: Should "Group A beta Hemolytic" be added to this description? Just thinking out-loud. sgs nola66.157.38.221 20:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article should be edited so it uses less jargon; it reads like a medical book. At the least some of this jargon should be linked to a definition.

reniam Reniam 00:31, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Strawberry" tongue is not well described

One of the characterizing symptoms is given as "strawberry tongue" with the description of being bright red. The [| CDC description] says "The tongue itself looks like a strawberry because the normal bumps on the tongue look bigger. This is much more helpful to a worried parent. (Like me Jsparkes 11:29, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The description is not clear, though I nderstood what it meant when I looked at the photo.

Slapped cheeks?

Image states "Slapped Cheek". I think this is incorrect and may be confusing to the medical community (esp medical students). Slapped cheek is typically attribured to "Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease), not Scarlet fever. Scarlet fever normally is said to be associated with sandpaper rash on the abdomen and circumoral palor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ksaraf (talk • contribs) 20:30, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this contribution.It is erroneous to describe the red face of scarlet fever as "slapped cheek" as this has a different,far less serious, cause -B19 parvovirus.86.128.182.232 (talk) 13:18, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've adjusted caption to match description as given in the article text and remove the highly confusing mention of "slapped cheek" which of course would be mistaken for descirption of fifth disease (aka "slapped cheek syndrome"). I've also asked image author to review their image's caption.David Ruben ^Talk 17:58, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eurocentric article

The article mentions "slapped cheeks" and the "white mustache" as symptoms of scarlet fever. What about symptoms on people of non-European descent? Do people with dark skin still get a "white mustache" when struck by scarlet fever? Or does the disease only attack white people? — Morganfitzp (talk) 17:05, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Very Deadly"? gotta be incorrect

Try comparing 02:05, 31 March 2008 with 23:45, 31 March 2008. That "very deadly" thing is almost certainly wrong. --24.46.164.83 (talk) 05:52, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]