The number of patients with complications after scarlet fever is increasing.

For the last 12 weeks, the cases are over 4,500. This makes them almost 70 times more than in the same period last year.

And untimely diagnosis and incorrect treatment can lead to complications.

Melani Simeonova is the mother of a 4-month-old baby.

Although her child does not fall into the risk category, she has already taken all measures to protect him.

"Although my daughter is 4 months old and supposedly has immunity until 6 months of age, I prefer to keep our distance. We do not gather in common rooms with older children. Given the viruses that are going around at the moment, I think that prevention should is much stronger. Even with grandparents, we see each other less often, given the season at the moment," she told Bulgaria ON AIR.

The most risky for her are the visits to the pediatrician, where there is a large crowd of sick people.

"When it is necessary to visit her because of a vaccine - we have a certain time, we pass in a free corridor so as not to mix in the crowd with sick children", added Melanie Simeonova.

Experts say that scarlet fever does not build immunity, so no one is immune to infection.

"In newborns and in infants up to one year, infections with suppuration - boils and carbuncles are possible. Parents must be very careful. Immediate medical help, immediately a penicillin antibiotic. Not infrequently after a relapse of scarlet fever, complications appear," said the health consultant questions to the Metropolitan Municipality, Prof. Todor Kantarjiev

Prof. Dr. Todor Veselov Kantardjiev MD, PhD, graduated from the Medical Academy - Sofia in 1981, as

They appear 20 days after the smallpox subsides.

"One complication is rheumatism - Boyo's disease and the other disease. Both are very serious diseases, so one should seek qualified medical attention and avoid these complications. They are avoided when the correct first-generation antibiotic is taken, not from the other expensive generations," added Prof. Kantarjiev.

Todor Kantarjiev

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