Homeopathy Medicine for Scarlet Fever
a severe contagious illness marked by fever and a sore throat
The folds of skin in the armpits, elbows, and knees can also turn a deeper red than the surrounding skin as the rash typically starts on the neck, groin, and under the arms before spreading to the rest of the body.
The skin on the tips of the fingers and toes, as well as in the groin, may peel seven days after the rash has subsided, and this can continue for several weeks.
Symptoms :
Scarlet fever frequently exhibits the following signs:
- Pastia’s lines, or red lines in the elbows, knees, and armpits
- flushed face
- white tongue with red spots on it, or a tongue that looks like a strawberry
- patches of white or yellow with a reddened, sore throat.
- fever above 101°F (38.3°C)
- chills
- headaches
- swollen tonsils
- nausea and vomiting
- abdominal pain
- neck glands that are enlarged
- Lips that have a pale lip color
Causes:
A group of bacteria causes scarlet fever.the bacteria Streptococcus, also known as Streptococcus pyogenesThe main source of these bacteria, which can live in your mouth and nasal passages, is humans. These bacteria have the ability to produce a toxin, or poison, which results in the body’s bright red rash.
Any person can get scarlet fever if they come into contact with infected saliva, nasal secretions, or cough droplets and then touch their own mouth, nose, or eyes. The infection can spread two to five days before a person feels ill and may be spread through contact with droplets from an infected person’s sneeze, cough, or saliva.
Group A strep infections have occasionally been spread through contaminated food, and scarlet fever can also spread through sharing utensils or drinking glasses with an infected personTrusted Source.
Touching a scarlet fever rash won’t spread the bacteria because the rash is a result of the toxin, not the bacteria, which is what causes the rash. Group A strep can cause a skin infection in some people, known as cellulitis, and these skin infections can spread the bacteria to others.
Risk factors:
You contract scarlet fever by being in close contact with people who have the disease, and it typically affects kids between the ages of 5 and 15 years.
Complications :
Scarlet fever typically resolves with antibiotic therapy within 10 to 2 weeks of onset of the rash and other symptoms, but it can have serious side effects, such as the following:
- rheumatic fever
- kidney disease (glomerulonephritis)
- ear infections
- throat abscesses
- pneumonia
- arthritis
Prevention:
- Hands should be washed both before and after meals.
- whenever you sneeze or cough, wash your hands.
- When coughing or sneezing, cover your mouth and nose.
- Especially when dining in groups, avoid sharing utensils and glasses.
Homoeopathic Treatment
Even in the mildest cases, strict bed rest is necessary to avoid complications, the room should be well ventilated, and gargling with Echinacea angustifolia mother tincture is advised. Due to the significant decrease in the severity of scarlet fever, isolation and hospitalization are no longer necessary.
Mercurius solScarlatina is characterized by skin that is yellow and excoriated like raw meat; there are pimples around the main eruptions; boils and abscesses form at the time of menstruation; there is a great tendency to form pus. In many cases, initially, rhus toxicodendron will be for very severe forms of scarlatina with prominent, general, nervous toxication.
Camphora officinalisThe collapse state of scarlatina can be treated with cuprum aceticum and/or zincum metallicum in repeated doses, especially if the brain is involved.
Ailanthus glandulosaLow dilution of ailanthus glandulosa is preferred for the symptoms of livid throat, rapidly swelling, patchy eruptions, with a quick and feeble pulse, and an oppressed brain because it works better than arsenicum album and lachesis mutus.
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