[Yaelle]

Sounds exactly like scarlet fever, exactly.

Find a better doctor, sheesh.

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-scarlet-fever-basics

He needs antibiotics.

Prayers up for him.

[melissa_in_ga]

Agree. My son had scarlet fever when he was 4. His skin was deep red and peeling off in sheets.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Scarlet fever has been virtually unknown in this country for many decades.

I wonder where it might have (cough obama's unaccompanied children cough) come from?