Five of the ten most visited health conditions on the NHS website mostly affect youngsters - including scarlet fever, slapped ...

Scarlet fever is an illness that can happen in kids, usually 5–15 years old, who also have strep throat or strep skin infections. The strep bacteria make a toxin (poison) that causes a bright red, ...

Scarlet fever is an illness that can happen in kids, usually 5–15 years old, who also have strep throat or strep skin infections. The strep bacteria make a toxin (poison) that causes a bright red, ...

"It's a pin-prick rash, which feels a bit rough to touch." It is an infectious condition and has been spreading within schools, said Dr McClean. "We have seen some clusters of scarlet fever in ...

Symptoms include a sore throat, headache and fever, accompanied by a red rash that is rough to the touch (sometimes described as 'like sandpaper'). Scarlet fever was a common cause of death in the ...

A doctor can often diagnose scarlet fever simply by looking at the rash, throat and tongue ... The most important step is to wash your hands regularly, particularly after coughing or sneezing ...

Five of the top ten visited pages on the NHS website last year were for conditions that mostly affect the young ...

While Scarlet fever is treatable with antibiotics, the illness can still make children very sick. Symptoms include headaches and fever alongside the characteristic pink-red rash with a sandpaper-like ...

“We are seeing children 5 to 15 years of age with scarlet fever for the past few days. If your child develops fever, red and painful tonsils with or without creamish deposits, a diffuse red sandpaper ...

Hyderabad is witnessing an increase in cases of scarlet fever among children aged 5 to 15 years, along with a surge in other viral fevers during the ongoing winter season, senior paediatricians warned ...