Homeopathic treatments are not recommended for treating strep A infections. Scarlet fever is always treated with antibiotics once it has been diagnosed by a doctor.
Dr Michael Head, senior research fellow in global health at the University of Southampton, said: “The NHS indicates that antibiotics are the most effective treatment, and recommends that the individual should be referred to a GP or other healthcare professional [...]
“The cause of scarlet fever, the Streptococcus bacteria, can result in invasive Group A Strep infection, which has resulted in the tragic deaths of young children in this current outbreak. Any suggestion to go against medical advice and try unproven treatments is potentially dangerous to the child.” Professor Alastair Sutcliffe, professor of general paediatrics at University College London told Full Fact the advice given in the Facebook post about antibiotics was “harmful” and said: “This is exactly what antibiotics were developed for, to stop life threatening infections.
“Some things are unproven and not recognised but some things are plain wrong. And that statement is plain wrong.”The post goes on to claim that parents should “NEVER bring the temperature/fever down as it’s the worst thing you can do for your child”, adding: “High temperature/fever is designed to allow the immune system to fight infection without any drugs to bring it down.
The post states that ‘no one has ever died from a fever or got brain damage at temps of 40-41’ and that hallucinations are ‘VERY normal’. However, the NHS advises that
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