A Rash Situation
There seems to be an unknown virus amid us, and this virus has taken on the form of a patchy red and very itchy rash, which ahs afflicted hundreds of youngsters in seven different states across the United States.
The target of this rash situation it appears is school students of all ages. Because reports of youngsters in schools, in the specified seven states, noted complaints of rashes on different areas of the body. This rash specifically appeared on the arms, legs, face, and other extremities of many students in particular. What makes this whole rash thing a big mystery is, just as soon as the students left the school grounds, the rash symptoms dissapated and then vanished as quickly as they had appeared.
The seven states which were under siege by this elusive rash were no other than
Washington, Pennsylvania, New York, Oregon, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia.
Dr. Norman Sykes, who is both a dermatologist and a professor at Jefferson Medcial College in Philadelphia, believes that the virus is a mutated strain of a childhood ailment known as Fifth Disease. His other explanation with regards to the rash is that it may very well be a virus that is yet unknown to medical science.
Fifth Disease produces a rash that is seen on both the face and other visible parts of the body. It is also characterized by very marked cold-like symptoms and a low-grade fever as well. This disease has very similar characteristics to that of this "new" rash virus? So could it be an offshot of Fifth's Disease? A strong possiblity maybe??
This rash situation has left a wake of very concerned parents and baffled schoold administrators and medical sleuths in its midst. Some blame the rash
as being caused by an environmental problem, which is connected with the schools somehow, but there is no valid evidence to support this claim at this moment in time.
Answers are still yet to be found with regards to this mysterious rash. As well as to what exactly caused it to surface as suddenly as it did. But it is indeed something which is baffling medical researchers, who are having a hard time, just trying to ascertain what it is and exactly where it came from? Truly a mystery as far as they´re concerned. But one they will definitely enjoy finding the answers to, as time goes by, and they´re able to study the organism up close and in detail. Medical science eventually solves all mysteries, as far as health is concerned, but there are some which still remain out of the grasp of man's knowledge and untouchable.
The target of this rash situation it appears is school students of all ages. Because reports of youngsters in schools, in the specified seven states, noted complaints of rashes on different areas of the body. This rash specifically appeared on the arms, legs, face, and other extremities of many students in particular. What makes this whole rash thing a big mystery is, just as soon as the students left the school grounds, the rash symptoms dissapated and then vanished as quickly as they had appeared.
The seven states which were under siege by this elusive rash were no other than
Washington, Pennsylvania, New York, Oregon, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia.
Dr. Norman Sykes, who is both a dermatologist and a professor at Jefferson Medcial College in Philadelphia, believes that the virus is a mutated strain of a childhood ailment known as Fifth Disease. His other explanation with regards to the rash is that it may very well be a virus that is yet unknown to medical science.
Fifth Disease produces a rash that is seen on both the face and other visible parts of the body. It is also characterized by very marked cold-like symptoms and a low-grade fever as well. This disease has very similar characteristics to that of this "new" rash virus? So could it be an offshot of Fifth's Disease? A strong possiblity maybe??
This rash situation has left a wake of very concerned parents and baffled schoold administrators and medical sleuths in its midst. Some blame the rash
as being caused by an environmental problem, which is connected with the schools somehow, but there is no valid evidence to support this claim at this moment in time.
Answers are still yet to be found with regards to this mysterious rash. As well as to what exactly caused it to surface as suddenly as it did. But it is indeed something which is baffling medical researchers, who are having a hard time, just trying to ascertain what it is and exactly where it came from? Truly a mystery as far as they´re concerned. But one they will definitely enjoy finding the answers to, as time goes by, and they´re able to study the organism up close and in detail. Medical science eventually solves all mysteries, as far as health is concerned, but there are some which still remain out of the grasp of man's knowledge and untouchable.
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