Scarlet fever

**Scarlet fever** is an infectious disease caused by group A streptococcus. It is characterized by high fever, chills, headache, sore throat, redness of the throat and skin, and flaking of the skin. One type of scarlet fever is scarlet fever **fulminant**.

Scarlet fever is a form of acute rubella, characterized by severe intoxication, severe fever and the rapid formation of a hemorrhagic rash on the skin and mucous membranes. It usually develops in children. The causative agent of scarlet fever can be hemophilus influenzae, staphylococcus, but in most cases the causative agent of the disease is hemolytic streptococcus A. With scarlet fever, an acute onset and rapid course of the disease are observed. The patient's body temperature rises sharply to 39-40°C, chills, weakness, headaches, vomiting, pain in muscles and joints, muscle tremors, dizziness are observed, consciousness and functions of the nervous system and liver are impaired, and hemorrhagic syndrome appears. Hemorrhagic rashes are found on the skin, conjunctiva of the eyes, gums, and less often in

Scarlet fever is an acute infectious disease mainly of children, manifested by small punctate exanthema against the background of acute pharyngeal angitis, a rise in body temperature, an increase in the size and soreness of peripheral lymph nodes. In most cases (90%), scarlet fever infection has a relatively mild course, which is explained by the fact that the pathogen belongs to microorganisms of the enterovirus family, belonging to group A, which persist in the nasopharynx for an average of 7-12 days, quickly dying under the influence of high temperature and other microflora. The average duration of the disease is from 6 to 14 days.