Rash Has Officials Scratching Their Heads... (First Case Of Small Pox???)?

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[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Follow the link due to posting restrictions... I posted this under Breaking News just incase. I appologize if it's jumping the gun. ...

[Nita Nupress]

Are you just trying to scare the daylights out of people? LOL!

These kids' symptoms are not indicative of ebola.

Disease onset is abrupt and characterized by severe malaise, headache, high fever, myalgia, joint pains, and sore throat. The disease course is rapid and includes pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and occasionally facial edema and jaundice.

[Cleburne]

I think they're based on the Fifth of Firth (or is that the Firth of Fifth?). At any rate, must be Scottish terrorists-the kilts and all, must be connected to those robes and turbans!

[piasa]

Relax. If people were really worried, all they have to do is not send the kiddies to that school- the rash goes away when they go home. A bioweapon would infect them and the symptoms would be continous; a chem weapon would do permanent damage.

Chances are, the school has new carpeting or other new modifications, and the stuff is outgassing. Happens all the time with new construction.

Or they're handing out too many condoms in sex ed, too many surgical gloves in biology lab, etc,- latex can cause a hive-like reaction for some folks, or for people exposed to too much of it. Urethane will as well. ; )

[vannrox]

"...Early in the illness there may appear in about 10% of patients a fleeting rash in the form of a reddening of the skin, not unlike the rash of German Measles..." This is the so-called prodromal rash and, in the absence of a history of exposure to a source of infection, there is nothing about htis rash to arouse suspicion of smallpox....But...

12 days later the REAL smallpox rash appears...

[Croooow]

If this were the work of terrorists, they would hit a big government building, not some random high school (yes I realize it is a government school but come on).

[nonliberal]

My jock itches. Should I call the CDC?

[aristeides]

This Manassas outbreak doesn't sound like a hemorrhagic fever to me.

[Croooow]

"12 days later the REAL smallpox rash appears..."

Okay the first story is Nov. 20, so it probably first hit Nov. 19 at the latest. The real rash would probably be hitting... now.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Depends on where your jock has been lately...

[piasa]

Their symptoms sound like they have been playing hide-and-seek in some cedar trees or juniper bushes, too. we used to get speckled rashes after playing flashlight tag when we were kids from hiding in the langscaping of the neighborhood.

Though they might want to look at the school lunch program.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Okay the first story is Nov. 20, so it probably first hit Nov. 19 at the latest. The real rash would probably be hitting... now.

Okay, then come Monday we have 200 plus kids in the hospital with small pox or some other funky virus can we nuke the camel whizz out of the entire middle east?

[lilsparky]

Source please?

[IRtorqued]

first the anthrax scare with shouts of smallpox let the pandemonium begin.

[The Game Hen]

Hopefully they have ruled out Scarlet fever. Here in Charleston, SC we have had the same thing in our schools.

A month ago I took my 7-year-old to the pediatrician because she had a rash and low fever. Dr. was convinced she had fifths but I asked him to check her for strep because her best friend had strep. He was shocked when the test came back positive. He said it doesn't look like a strep rash/scarlet fever. I talked to the school nurse and she told me she had seen an epidemic of kids with rashes. I suggested she urge parents to test for strep because they need antibiotics.

The weird thing was my 11 year old got it from her sister weeks ago. Her rash went away but now it has come back this week. Maybe she has had fifths and strep?

[vannrox]

http://seercom.com/bluto/smallpox/

Or go HERE.

[NatureGirl]

Another possibility, Pittariasis Rosea

My husband had that a couple of years ago. We had been doing extensive renovations on our house. The house had quite the mold buildup in the bathroom, just for starters. He had also been using paint remover, and this seemed to make the rash flare up.

[Croooow]

In a word, yes.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Roger that... I'll start fueling the birds.

[CARTOUCHE]

Jock itch. Red rash, usually followed by uncontrollable itching, followed by weeping sores from the uncontrollable itching, followed by weeping.

[gumbo]

Did the doctor suggest roseola? That's similar to Fifth Disease, but the rash is more like little red spots. It's not usually a serious disease.