Is Scarlet Fever a more advanced form of Chicken Pox?I've had Scarlet Fever twice (one when I was nineteen and again in June of this year - at 24) and both times I was hospitalized since I not only get a rash and a bad fever but I also have seizures when my temperature gets to high (when I was nineteen my fever got up to 103 and in June it was a little over 104; and I generally have a low temperature - it's usually 97.5 - give or take a few) and both time they put me in a room with child with chicken pox (at the hospital where I live your considered a pediatric case until your 25 to cut down on the congestion in the waiting rooms).
So I was just wondering is scarlet fever is a type of chicken pox, or if it's in the same disease category as chicken pox - and if not, why do you think I'd be in the same room as someone who had chicken pox?
This isn't an overly important question - I was just talking to someone about scarlet fever and was thinking about it.
Thank you.
Answer by C N
scarelt fever is a bacterial infection, chicken pox is a viral infection so not even close to same family of diseases.. who knows why ure together.. maybe its an infectious area so dont spread it to others.. maybe it was just chance
Answer by nurseforglass
Two completely different infectious diseases caused by two separate organisms.
Answer by grammy
I do not think so As they thought I had scarlett fever after having the measles at about age 10
Answer by Jim W
You're a little off on this one. Scarlett fever is an advanced case of strep throat, not chicken pox. I'm sure you heard this before and just couldn't remember which childhood disease was involved, but just remembered that one of them was involved.
Answer by AlliTheCat
No hun, Scarlett fever is advanced strep throat, which is a staph infection(which is bacterial). Chicken pox is a virus.
Get the facts on the chickenpox vaccine, treatment, causes (varicella zoster virus, VZV), symptoms and signs (itchy, red rash).
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