Scarlet fever: There is no vaccination - how to minimize the risk of infection. Scarlet fever is treated with an antibiotic that must be taken over a period of ten days.
Patients are no longer considered contagious just 24 hours after taking it. Prompt treatment is therefore important. In most cases the disease is not dangerous. In rare cases, however, dangerous secondary diseases such as rheumatic fever, kidney diseases or neurological diseases can occur. Purulent tonsillitis and middle ear infections can also occur.