Strange Rash Baffles Medical Sleuths (washingtonpost.com)

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Lynda Susoni

Saturday, February 16, 2002 8:04 PM

[CIDSNetwork] Strange Rash Baffles Medical Sleuths (washingtonpost.com)

 

 

Hi All I came across this interesting article about mysterious Rashes all across

this nation..

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17487-2002Feb15.html

 

 

 

 

 

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Elaine wrote:

 

> Hi All I came across this interesting article about mysterious Rashes

> all across this nation..

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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17487-2002Feb15.html

>

 

My guess is that it's scarlet fever. It's kind of funny how diseases

change names.... does Fifth disease = scarlet fever? Their symptoms

sound an awful lot alike!!!

 

Mindy

P.S. There was a kid here in Quincy who got the scarlet fever not too

long ago... and I myself had an extreme sore throat 2 days ago, which

has turned into full-blown laryngitis...*sigh* Any herbal advice on

that would be much appreciated!

 

 

 

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Scarlet fever can be caused by milk - particularly if the milk has been kept

in a fridge, left out and then refrigerated again. Symptoms are so like

measles it is difficult to tell them apart. However, I am not sure of how

contagious it is, it must be something that is relevant to all the schools

involved - do they have free milk in schools?

Marianne

 

 

> My guess is that it's scarlet fever. It's kind of funny how diseases

> change names.... does Fifth disease = scarlet fever? Their symptoms

> sound an awful lot alike!!!

>

 

 

 

 

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How is scarlet fever caused by milk? I was not aware that the

bacteria which causes Scarlet Fever would grow in milk?

 

Alobar

 

Scarlet fever is caused by certain strains of the group A streptococci

bacteria (which also causes strep throat) and it is common to think of

scarlet fever as strep throat with a rash. Symptoms usually develop about

1-7 days (incubation period) after being exposed to someone with strep

throat or scarlet fever.

http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/infectionsguide/scarletfever.html

 

 

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<marianne2406

 

Monday, February 18, 2002 3:19 PM

Re: Strange Rash Baffles Medical Sleuths

(washingtonpost.com)

 

 

> Scarlet fever can be caused by milk - particularly if the milk has been

kept

> in a fridge, left out and then refrigerated again. Symptoms are so like

> measles it is difficult to tell them apart. However, I am not sure of how

> contagious it is, it must be something that is relevant to all the schools

> involved - do they have free milk in schools?

> Marianne

>

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I will have to search on that but my daughter had Scarlet Fever when she was

18 months old, they told me then that it could have been caused by leaving

milk out of the fridge and then putting it back again - of course it was in

the days before we had milk in the supermarkets and the milk was delivered to

the door, sometimes it had been on the milk float for 4-5 hours before we got

it.

Marianne

 

 

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> How is scarlet fever caused by milk? I was not aware that the

> bacteria which causes Scarlet Fever would grow in milk?

>

 

 

 

 

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In a message dated 18/2/02 21:52:28 GMT Standard Time, alobar

writes:

 

 

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> How is scarlet fever caused by milk? I was not aware that the

> bacteria which causes Scarlet Fever would grow in milk?

>

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extract from: http://www.hawaii.gov/doh/resource/comm_dis/cddstrep.htm

 

How do you keep from getting it?

Avoid close contact with infected persons until they have completed at least

2 days of a 10-day course of antibiotic therapy.

 

Do not drink raw (unpasteurized) milk or eat any products made from raw

milk.Exclude persons with respiratory illnesses or skin lesions from food

handling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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> My guess is that it's scarlet fever. It's kind of funny how diseases

> change names.... does Fifth disease = scarlet fever? Their symptoms

> sound an awful lot alike!!!

 

No. For the most part, the rash goes away when the students leave school.

 

Scarlet fever is caused by an infection of Group A streptococci:

http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/scarlet_fever.html

and won't go away when one leaves school.

 

Rob

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<<...they told me then that {scarlet fever] could have been caused by

leaving

> milk out of the fridge and then putting it back again - of course it was

in

> the days before we had milk in the supermarkets and the milk was delivered

to

> the door, sometimes it had been on the milk float for 4-5 hours before we

got

> it.>>

 

Pasteurization will kill all pathogenic bacteria including Group A

streptococci bacteria (the cause of Scarlet fever). The milk would have to

be contaminated, unpasteurized, and time-temperature abused - highly

unlikely.

 

Rob

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" Rob Bartlett " <rob.bartlett

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:25 PM

Re: Strange Rash Baffles Medical Sleuths

(washingtonpost.com)

 

 

> > My guess is that it's scarlet fever. It's kind of funny how diseases

> > change names.... does Fifth disease = scarlet fever? Their symptoms

> > sound an awful lot alike!!!

>

> No. For the most part, the rash goes away when the students leave school.

 

Maybe they are just allergic to bad American education?

 

Alobar

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Rob Bartlett wrote:

 

> > My guess is that it's scarlet fever. It's kind of funny how

> diseases

> > change names.... does Fifth disease = scarlet fever? Their symptoms

>

> > sound an awful lot alike!!!

>

> No. For the most part, the rash goes away when the students leave

> school.

 

Oh, I missed that part... hrmm.....

 

Mindy