SCARLET FEVER NATURAL TREATMENT - CHILDREN

The scarlet fever is a infectious disease and constitutes one of the clinical forms of the infection by estreptococo haemolytic beta of group A; and of easy contagion by the oral route, it is often distinguished by the appearance of a cutaneous eruption after the pharyngal infection. The contagion form is the one of contact person to person, through respiratory secretions. In the beginnings of the disease, the eruption is looked like a sun burn with small pápulas that cause picazón. Usually, the areas where there is eruption put white when they are tightened. Mainly one appears in abrupt form, after a period of incubation of one to six days, with fever, sudación, chills, nauseas and vomits, difficulty or pain when swallowing, headaches, fatigue and commitment of the general state. By the presence of the abdominal pain and vomits " has also been called him; angina that vomita". The pharynx is and with multiple spots of color and variable characteristics congestive, accompanied by affection of the regional ganglia. Later, they appear shining red points, that they begin in the neck and quickly they become general to the rest of the body in the following 24 hours; one week later the points and the skin disappear descama. Sometimes more is felt than it is seen and its aspect and texture are compared to skin of hen of red color.

Forms of contagion By contact with infected people or objects (like possesors, glasses, towels and saliva).

Symptoms of Scarlet
High fever.
General malaise.
Nauseas.
Vomits.
White tongue, soon swollen and blushed (tongue as a strawberry).
Eruption the neck and in the face, leaving a pale zone around the mouth.
Lines of Pastia (line of red veins in the dobleces of the body, especially in the axilla and elbows).
Skin of sandpaper, flaky.

Treatment of Scarlet
Surely the doctor takes a sample from the throat by means of hisopado (frotis pharyngal) to confirm the presence of the estreptococos of group A.
Once corroborated the disease, will prescribe a therapy with penicillin or another type of antibiotics. It is probable that also an antipyretic    prescribes to lower the fever to him.

It is very important to treat the scarlet fever because its disregard can generate complications, like rheumatic fever or renal problems.

Natural treatment
Olive oil: To apply olive oil on the infected skin.
Baths: To every day practice hot water baths during one hour.
Meals: Feeding with lukewarm, nonsharp foods and includes many liquid or semifluid foods. Deletion mark tea, nutritious soups, refreshments, milkshake and ice creams.
Liquid diet: To facilitate the swallowing and a good hydration. It can bear liquefied fruits to the boy.
Ice: To lie down ice pricked in the mouth and to maintain it during 1-2 minutes with the purpose of to reduce to the annoyances of throat and vomits there.
Butter of cacao: To apply cacao butter on the infected skin.
Camomile: Washings with tea of manzanilla can relax the skin.
Nettle: To add a teaspoon of nettle leaves ¼ of liter of boiling water. To let cook to untimed fire, be applied with a gauze on the skin affected by the eruption. It provides lightening and it facilitates the treatment.
Nettle juice: To introduce a handful of fresh water nettles and to let soak them 12 hours. Later to crush and to extract the juice and are    applied on the infected skin.