This image displays the sandpaper-like appearance on the chin and a red tongue with red dots (red strawberry tongue) typical of scarlet fever. This image displays the previously pink, sandpaper-like rash of scarlet fever starting to peel and improve. This image displays the tiny pink bumps of scarlet fever beginning to peel as the patient improves. This image displays the faint pink sandpaper-like rash of scarlet fever on the neck and trunk. Numerous tiny red bumps of scarlet fever are sometimes more easily felt than seen (giving the typical sandpaper-like feel). This is the typical "white strawberry tongue" of scarlet fever, with a white coating with red dots on the surface.
Top Background Graphic
About Us | Contact Us | Site Map
Text Size SmallText Size MediumText Size Large
VisualDxHealth - Your guide to a clear picture of health
Health ToolsHealth TopicsDisease ListWidgetsFor Doctors

Scarlet Fever:
A parent's guide to condition and treatment information

Left Nav Bottom
Try our Disease Finder
Page Tools Top Graphic
Page Tools Top Graphic
Page Tools Bottom Graphic
Page Tools Bottom Graphic
Picture of Scarlet Fever: This image displays the sandpaper-like appearance on the chin and a red tongue with red dots (red strawberry tongue) typical of scarlet fever. Divider line
This image displays the sandpaper-like appearance on the chin and a red tongue with red dots (red strawberry tongue) typical of scarlet fever.
left arrow
right arrow
Self-Care Guidelines
It is difficult to avoid infection of others who are not immune in the household. However, you might try to:
  • Keep eating and clothing items used by an ill child away from other people, and wash them in hot soapy water.
  • The child's caregivers should wash their hands frequently.
  • Keep the child comfortable with acetaminophen (Tylenol®) or ibuprofen for fever relief.
  • Have your child eat soft foods, drink plenty of liquids, and apply lotions such as calamine for itching, if needed.
When to Seek Medical Care
Call your child's doctor if you suspect that the child may have scarlet fever.
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2008

Prev: Signs and Symptoms
Next: Treatments Your Physician May Prescribe

HON CODE Seal. Accredited 3/2007
We comply with HONcode standards
for health information
verify here

Copyright © 2006-2008 Logical Images, Inc. All rights reserved.

The data contained in the VisualDxHealth™ Worldwide Web pages such as text, images, and graphics are for informational purposes only. The data is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical judgment. Please see our disclaimer.