Fifths Disease?!
Question:
Fifths Disease?
I think my 15 month old daughter may have fifths disease. Fifths disease has been going around at our church. She had all of the symptoms and developed a rash today when we came back in from playing outside. However, after about 5 hours of being inside the rash has gotten alot better. You can still see small bumps, but I thought that with Fifths Disease it took several days to get better.
Answers:
What are the symptoms?
The incubation period-the time from exposure to the virus until symptoms develop-is 4 to 20 days. Initial symptoms usually resemble a mild flu (generally without fever), sometimes followed by a bright red rash on the face, and later a lace-like rash on the body.
The rash usually fades within 2 to 5 days and may reappear with exposure to sunlight, warm temperatures, or stress. After the rash appears, your child is no longer contagious and can return to school or daycare.
Joint pain and swelling, lasting several weeks or even months, and headache may also occur. Adults develop these symptoms more often than children.
Not all people with fifth disease get a rash or feel sick.
How is it treated?
In uncomplicated cases, home treatment (including rest, fluids, and pain relievers) is usually the only care needed for fifth disease. If complications develop, close monitoring by a health professional or hospitalization may be required.
Click on the below links, one of the links is also a picture of what the rash looks like.
http://www.webmd.com/hw-popup/fifth-dise...
http://children.webmd.com/tc/fifth-disea...