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

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.
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Who's At Risk
  • Scarlet fever is rare in children under the age of 2, because substances from the mother's immune system (antibodies) protect the child up to that age.
  • The peak ages for infection are 4–8 years. By age 10, most children have developed their own immunity to the toxin.
  • Because infection is spread by fluids from the airways (respiratory secretions), infection rates are higher in crowded situations.
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Last Modified: 22 Dec 2008
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