Scarlet fever is one of the common infectious diseases in childhood, and with the right treatment, it usually heals well today. This was not always the case. In the past, before antibiotics were available, families were often very afraid of scarlet fever because it frequently had a severe course. Even though the diagnosis can still be unsettling at first, children can generally be treated safely today. Early medical evaluation, guideline-based antibiotic therapy, and good hyg

Das Respiratorische Synzytial-Virus, kurz RSV, ist einer der häufigsten Erreger von Atemwegsinfektionen im Kindesalter. Fast alle Kinder machen in den ersten beiden Lebensjahren mindestens eine RSV-Infektion durch. Während ältere Kinder und Erwachsene meist nur leichte Symptome wie bei einer Erkältung zeigen, kann es für Säuglinge insbesondere in den ersten sechs Lebensmonaten zu schweren RSV-Erkrankungen mit Bronchiolitis oder Lungenentzündung kommen.

Pediatric clinics typically see viral infections every summer. Why does this happen? And what exactly is the so-called summer flu all about?