What are the symptoms for scarlet fever?

because my neighbor has it and was i was around her this past weekend and now i think i'm getting sick and i really hope its not scarlet fever!

Symptoms of Scarlet Fever
The rash is the most striking sign of scarlet fever. It usually begins looking like a bad sunburn with tiny bumps and it may itch. The rash usually appears first on the neck and face, often leaving a clear unaffected area around the mouth. It spreads to the chest and back, then to the rest of the body. In body creases, especially around the underarms and elbows, the rash forms classic red streaks. Areas of rash usually turn white when you press on them. By the sixth day of the infection the rash usually fades, but the affected skin may begin to peel.

Aside from the rash, there are usually other symptoms that help to confirm a diagnosis of scarlet fever, including a reddened sore throat, a fever above 101 degrees Fahrenheit (38.3 degrees Celsius), and swollen glands in the neck. The tonsils and back of the throat may be covered with a whitish coating, or appear red, swollen, and dotted with whitish or yellowish specks of pus. Early in the infection, the tongue may have a whitish or yellowish coating. A child with scarlet fever also may have chills, body aches, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite.

When scarlet fever occurs because of a throat infection, the fever typically stops within 3 to 5 days, and the sore throat passes soon afterward. The scarlet fever rash usually fades on the sixth day after sore throat symptoms began, but skin that was covered by rash may begin to peel. This peeling may last 10 days. With antibiotic treatment, the infection itself is usually cured with a 10-day course of antibiotics, but it may take a few weeks for tonsils and swollen glands to return to normal.

In rare cases, scarlet fever may develop from a streptococcal skin infection like impetigo. In these cases, the child may not get a sore throat.

There are "erythrogenic" strains of streptococcus. The rash is a general fine, red rash that feels like sandpaper. Otherwise, the symptoms are the same as for any other streptococcal infection. It can come from impetigo, for instance, but typically it is exactly the same thing as a strep throat, with the rash added.

Scarlet fever is strep throat. It can be treated by antibiotics now. When my mother had it in the 1930's as a little child, she was very ill for months. It ruined her teeth. It effected her heart. y mother was quarantined. When the illness ended, everything she had been in contact with was burned. The wallpaper was steamed of the walls.

You could get antibiotics if needed.
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Extremely high fever, pin point rash, total exhaustion, ( you wouldn't be able to get out of bed or dress yourself). It lasts several months, even though the rash will disappear and can affect your heart. You will be tired for a very long time.

Scarlet fever is really just strep throat with an extremely sore, red throat, hence the name scarlet fever. The symptoms of strep throat include, stomach ache, sore throat, swollen glands, fever, and no energy. Its usually treated with antibiotics, if doctors catch it soon enough, or with penicillin, if its been more than 72 hours.

If it is antibiotics will cure you. If you get symptoms go to the doctor