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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