You know those diseases that people in old books get, but (here in America at least) nobody actually gets even though they haven't been eradicated?
My 3-year-old has scarlet fever (confusingly, he has no fever). He had a weird rash that spread alarmingly in 12 hours, so we took him in and the doc did a strep test. She said he had scarlet fever! Obviously this is not as dire as it once was (it used to kill kids all the time) and 10 days of antibiotics should clear it up, but the diagnosis surprised me.
I'm glad he got the rash, as he hasn't acted sick at all (of course, when he is puking his guts up he acts perfectly normal and active between vomiting sessions). I know left untreated any strep infection can be dangerous.
My mom had measles as a teenager, and I know people still get TB and stuff, it's just that it's so rare you never think of it.
Has anyone else had an old-school illness?
My 3-year-old has scarlet fever (confusingly, he has no fever). He had a weird rash that spread alarmingly in 12 hours, so we took him in and the doc did a strep test. She said he had scarlet fever! Obviously this is not as dire as it once was (it used to kill kids all the time) and 10 days of antibiotics should clear it up, but the diagnosis surprised me.
I'm glad he got the rash, as he hasn't acted sick at all (of course, when he is puking his guts up he acts perfectly normal and active between vomiting sessions). I know left untreated any strep infection can be dangerous.
My mom had measles as a teenager, and I know people still get TB and stuff, it's just that it's so rare you never think of it.
Has anyone else had an old-school illness?
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