Strep Gone Wild - A Case of Scarlet Fever

This case was a very bad strep throat. The boy, an 8 year old, was brought to me looking very sick. He had a history of recurring strep throats and was wimpering from the pain in his throat while I was taking his case. Both tonsils were extremely swollen with only a small opening left for breathing. The right side was worse, and the tonsils were a nasty dark red color. Both parotid glands (glands below the ears) were 2-3 times bigger than normal. The boy seemed confused, muttering and slightly delirious, and he was extremely weak. The tongue was brown down the middle, and the pain radiated into the ears when he had to swallow.

While I was studying his case, his face started changing color. A dark shade of burgundy was spreading over the face, and then it turned into a mottled looking rash. It quickly spread downwards, and within an hour the face had cleared up, but his upper torso and stomach were completely covered in very large dark burgundy patches - scarlet fever!

So, I found a remedy that covered all his symptoms - Ailanthus Glandulosa, also called Tree of Heaven or Chinese Sumach. This remedy is very specific for serious cases of strep throat that results in a scarlet fever rash, and of course it also covered his mental symptoms. I put the remedy in water and let him sip it throughout the day, and by evening there was a great improvement in the throat pain and the rash also looked much paler. Over the next 3 days the boy kept improving, and after he got well, I followed up with a constitutional remedy to help strengthen his immune system.

This case happened 2 years ago, and since then, he hasn't had any other episodes of serious strep infections.

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