It is extremely important to inform patient to take the entire course of antibiotics even if the symptoms resolve and they are feeling better. If they don’t complete the entire course, the patient could have a relapse of symptoms which could result in a antibiotic resistant strain resulting in more serious symptoms/complications that could result in death. The prognosis of scarlet fever is excellent when treated properly and clinically identified in a timely manner and treated with antibiotics. Patients will normally recover quickly within 4-5 days. The skin symptoms will progressively improve over several weeks. However, if left untreated, the prognosis is poor with a 15-20% mortality rate. There are some complications that could develop such as kidney problems, septicemia, congestive heart failure, hepatitis and rheumatic fever. If complications due develop, the prognosis decreases depending upon the organ systems
It is extremely important to inform patient to take the entire course of antibiotics even if the symptoms resolve and they are feeling better. If they don’t complete the entire course, the patient could have a relapse of symptoms which could result in a antibiotic resistant strain resulting in more serious symptoms/complications that could result in death. The prognosis of scarlet fever is excellent when treated properly and clinically identified in a timely manner and treated with antibiotics. Patients will normally recover quickly within 4-5 days. The skin symptoms will progressively improve over several weeks. However, if left untreated, the prognosis is poor with a 15-20% mortality rate. There are some complications that could develop such as kidney problems, septicemia, congestive heart failure, hepatitis and rheumatic fever. If complications due develop, the prognosis decreases depending upon the organ systems