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The incubation period lasts from several hours to 3-5 days. Symptoms of erysipelas in a child usually begin acutely, but in some cases a prodrome is observed in the form of malaise, a feeling of heaviness in the affected limb, paresthesia, and pain in the area of the regional lymph nodes.
The acute onset of the disease is accompanied by headache, chills, an increase in body temperature to 38-40 °C; weakness, nausea, and vomiting are noted. In severe forms, delirium and meningitis are possible.
Several hours after the onset of intoxication symptoms, erythema, severe swelling, and sharp pains appear on the skin of the affected area. The inflammatory process can occur on any part of the body, but is most often localized on the skin of the face and shins. Mucous membranes are affected very rarely.
As a rule, the skin in the lesion is hot to the touch, painful and tense. Erythema quickly increases, erythematous spots merge with newly appearing ones, the skin becomes glossy, sometimes acquires a cyanotic tint. The affected area protrudes above the level of healthy skin, delimited from it by an inflammatory ridge with scalloped edges. Regional lymph nodes are enlarged and painful. Sometimes, against the background of erythema and edema, epidermal detachment occurs, as a result of which blisters (bullae) of oval or round shape and various sizes, filled with serous hemorrhagic fluid, appear in the lesion.
There is a parallelism between general intoxication and local manifestations - bullous elements appear more often in severe forms of the disease.
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