Scarlet Fever Once In An Azure Moon 
BIZARRE, DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN, FLORIDA, HOSPITAL, USA | HEALTHY | DECEMBER 30, 2020 
I’m a nurse on a medical surgical floor. I have a new patient with an odd rash all over. 
 
Doctor: “I’m stumped. I’ve put in a consult with infectious disease and dermatology. Have you ever seen anything like this?” 
 
Me: “Well, yeah, but the patient isn’t a toddler.” 
 
Doctor: “What does being a toddler have to do with anything?” 
 
Me: “Well, if this patient was a toddler, I’d swear he had scarlet fever.” 
 
Doctor: “Crap! I didn’t even think of that for a forty-something-year-old.” 
 
Swabs came back positive for strep and yes, a forty-something-year-old can apparently get scarlet fever.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
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