Scarlet-fever Sentence Examples
When barely two years old she was deprived of sight, smell and hearing, by an attack of scarlet fever.
Margaret also caught scarlet fever and although she survived it left her deaf (she recovered her hearing at fourteen ).
He had married Catharine Spooner at Rugby in 1843; in the spring of 1856, within five weeks, five of their children were carried off by virulent scarlet fever.
This was tried largely in the case of smallpox, and once at least by Dr Erasmus Darwin in the case of scarlet fever.
And health was also not improved e.g. diphtheria and scarlet fever increased.
A young boy of six, I was recovering from scarlet fever.
At the age of five Goodricke had contracted scarlet fever which left him totally deaf.
The worst of this method was that the disease thus inoculated did not always prove of a mild character, and in the case of Dr Erasmus Darwin's son the scarlet fever was exceedingly severe and very nearly proved fatal.
At the age of twenty-six months scarlet fever left her without sight or hearing.
He had been sent home from school in June with scarlet fever.
AdvertisementMargaret also caught scarlet fever and although she survived it left her deaf (she recovered her hearing at fourteen).
Inside they found the blind girl and her sister who was ill with scarlet fever in a bed in the corner of the room.
Though there is no one test to determine whether a person has Kawasaki disease, doctors generally make the diagnosis by evaluating the patient and ruling out other diseases such as the measles and Scarlet fever.
Strawberry tongue-A sign of scarlet fever in which the tongue appears to have a red coating with large raised bumps.
Treatment for scarlet fever is intended to offset the possibility of serious complications such as rheumatic fever (a heart disease) or kidney inflammation (glomerulonephritis) can develop.
AdvertisementEarly in the twentieth century, severe scarlet fever epidemics were common.
Approximately 10 percent of all children who have strep throat develop the characteristic scarlet fever rash.
The main symptoms and signs of scarlet fever are fever, lethargy, sore throat, and a bumpy rash that blanches under pressure.
Cases of scarlet fever are usually diagnosed and treated by pediatricians or family medicine practitioners.
The chief diagnostic signs of scarlet fever are the characteristic rash, which spares the palms and soles of the feet, and the presence of a strawberry tongue in children.
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Exanthem-A skin eruption regarded as a characteristic sign of such diseases as measles, German measles, and scarlet fever.
Tic disorders as well as OCD sometimes develop after infections (usually scarlet fever or strep throat) caused by a group of bacteria known as group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, sometimes abbreviated as GABHS.
When a rash develops, this form of strep throat is called scarlet fever.
These pimples grow larger and in groups, giving a blotchy appearance, which is an important difference between measles and scarlet fever.
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