Scarlet fever is an infectious disease. We can often see children ill with this disease, and only sometimes grown-ups.
The disease passes from one person to another through the nose and mouth. The beginning of the disease is quick. The patient has a sore throat, fever, headache, and vomits often. The face is flushed and the skin feels hot and dry. The temperature rises quickly on the first day and remains high for a few days. The rash appears on the second day. After the temperature falls the skin begins to peel. We must isolate the child with scarlet fever and put him in bed. When the temperature is high the nurse gives her patient a fluid diet and when the temperature falls she gives him nourishing food.
2. Post-reading activities
2.1 Are the sentences true or false? Correct false statements.
1. Scarlet fever passes from one person to another only through the mouth.
2. Тhе rash appears in a week.
3. The nurse gives nourishing food when the temperature rises.
4. The patient's temperature in case of scarlet fever is usually low.
5. We must isolate the child with scarlet fever.
2.2 Answer the questions.
l. What does a patient with scarlet fever have?
2. What is the temperature of a patient with scarlet fever?
3. Does skin begin to peel?
4. Must we isolate a person with scarlet fever?
5. What diet must a child with scarlet fever have?
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