A mother called the practice for medical advice about her five-year-old daughter, Hannah. She hadn't been very well for two days and had been sent home from school with a fever.
Since it was Friday, the mother wanted to get some medical advice before the weekend. During our conversation, she commented that although her daughter had a high fever, she wasn't concerned about Hannah having meningitis because she didn't have a rash.
COMMON MISCONCEPTION
It is a commonly-held belief that a diagnosis of meningitis can only be made if a child has a rash, and conversely, that if a child doesn't have a rash, they do not have meningitis. Unfortunately, this misconception puts many lives at risk.
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