But the movie leaves a few lingering questions about what scarlet fever is, and why Beth has it for so long before finally succumbing. Here are the answers to your burning fever questions.
The infection tends to breed in the nose and throat, and easily can be spread from person to person through coughing. The illness was a common when Alcott published her book, which was based roughly off of her own experiences growing up. Lizzie Alcott recovered from her affliction like Beth, but it weakened her heart. How beautiful everything is tonight. The rate of scarlet fever cases tripled between to in England and Wales, according to a paper published in the Lancet Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Luckily, the condition can now be quickly and effectively treated using antibiotics such as penicillin or amoxicillin, the CDC notes. After her first tango with scarlatina, Beth recovers — thanks in part to the astonishing rotation of patchwork quilts her sisters wrap her in.
I swear, in every scene she has a new blanket. One morning, Jo Saoirse Ronan wakes up to find Beth not in her bed. Years go by, the sisters grow up — Meg gets married and has children, Jo is living and working in New York, the youngest sibling Amy Florence Pugh is in Paris working on her art — and Beth gets really sick again. That can lead to long-term health problems, including: tonsil infections, chronic problems in the sinuses and ears, vulnerability to pneumonia, rheumatic fever a type of heart disease , and a kidney disease called post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis.
The rate of scarlet fever cases tripled between to in England and Wales, according to a paper published in the Lancet Journal of Infectious Diseases. The paper's authors say the incident rate spiked higher than it had in the last 50 years, ultimately affecting one in children under age Experts still don't know why the disease is becoming more common.
Luckily, the condition can now be quickly and effectively treated using antibiotics such as penicillin or amoxicillin, the CDC notes. Why was Beth sick for so long? After her first tango with scarlatina, Beth recovers — thanks in part to the astonishing rotation of patchwork quilts her sisters wrap her in. I swear, in every scene she has a new blanket. One morning, Jo Saoirse Ronan wakes up to find Beth not in her bed. But we ultimately find out find out Beth's system has been weakened for good.
Years go by, the sisters grow up — Meg gets married and has children, Jo is living and working in New York, the youngest sibling Amy Florence Pugh is in Paris working on her art — and Beth gets really sick again. As I learned from my deep dive into the CDC's website, complications are uncommon these days, but they can happen if the group A strep bacteria spreads to parts of the body other than the throat and nose.
For example, we get scarlet fever mentioned in hushed tones, and while Beth seems to initially get better, years later she seems to succumb to the disease. Complicating matters further is the way Little Women is published today versus various iterations in the past. In the book and the movie it is worth pointing out it is made very clear that Beth contracts scarlet fever.
This happens when Marmee is tending to the March patriarch during the war and she asks sweet Beth to look in on the poor German family the girls visit near the beginning of the film to offer food and creature comforts. This is also when Amy gets in good with Aunt March. Honestly, the movie from Greta Gerwig makes this even more confusing, as moments when Beth is fighting scarlet fever the first time and gets better are juxtaposed with moments when she falls ill again and dies.
Scarlet fever is actually a Strep A infection that only affects a minor portion of people who end up with strep throat or strep skin infections. Those who get scarlet fever usually get a rash days after the strep throat symptoms appear. A year-old whose disease had wasted her body so that she looked like a middle-aged woman, she lashed out at her family and her fate with an anger that she had never before expressed.
Though the storyline remains one of the most heartbreaking in literature, the character of Beth March ultimately served as a post-humous tribute from Alcott to her beloved sister. For more ways to live your best life plus all things Oprah, sign up for our newsletter!
Your Best Life. Type keyword s to search. Wilson Webb. The film is adapted from the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel of the same name.
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