Fifth disease

Fifth Disease
What is fifth disease?
Fifth disease is a viral illness that is associated with exanthem. Exanthem is another name for a rash or skin eruption.

Fifth Disease Overview
Fifth disease (the medical name is erythema infectiosum or EI) is a mild illness caused by a virus. It is seen primarily in school-aged children between 5 and 14 years during the spring and winter.

Fifth Disease (erythema infectiosum, parvovirus B19 infections)
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Fifth disease
Definition
Fifth disease is an illness caused by a virus that leads to a rash on the cheeks, arms, and legs.

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Alternate Names : Parvovirus B19, Erythema infectiosum, Slapped cheek
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Fifth Disease - Symptoms
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Your doctor can diagnose fifth disease by doing a physical exam and asking questions about your medical history. Fifth disease is easier to diagnose if you have the rash.
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What is fifth disease?
Fifth disease is a mild viral infection caused by human parvovirus B19.

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Parvovirus - any of several small DNA viruses that cause several diseases in animals, including humans. In humans, parvoviruses cause fifth disease, or erythema infectiosum, an acute disease usually affecting you...

The illness is nonserious and self-limiting. Environmental factors such as sunlight, hot baths and emotional factors can cause the rash to recur. Referred to as fifth disease or erythema infectiosum.

Is fifth disease contagious?
Yes. A person infected with parvovirus B19 is contagious during the early part of the illness, before the rash appears.

Fifth disease is caused by human parvovirus B19. It usually occurs in the spring in schoolage children, preschoolers, or adolescents. Fifth disease is spread through respiratory secretions. Symptoms appear 4 to 14 days after exposure.

Fifth disease is a mild illness caused by the human parvovirus (B19). The disease is characterized by a facial rash with a "slapped cheek" appearance and a lace-like rash on the trunk and extremities that is often itchy.

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Erythema Infectiosum : Contagious infection with human B19 Parvovirus most commonly seen in school age children and characterized by fever, headache, and rashes of the face, trunk, ...

Fifth disease
Slapped cheek disease (erythema infectiosum) is also known as fifth disease because it was the last of five "red rash" childhood diseases to be defined after scarlet fever, measles, rubella, and roseola.

Fifth disease: An oddly named disease caused by a virus called parvovirus B 19. (In the pre-vaccination era, fifth disease was frequently the "fifth disease" that a child contracted.) .

Fifth disease is caused by a parvovirus B19 infection. This is not the same parvovirus that infects dogs and cats; parvovirus B19 only infects humans. It is estimated that about half of all adults have been infected with parvovirus B19 at some time.

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A mild viral disease occurring mainly in early childhood, characterized by fever, a rosy-red rash on the cheeks that often spreads to the trunk and limbs, and usually arthritis and malaise. Also called erythema infectiosum.

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Fifth disease is caused by the human parvovirus. It is most prevalent in the winter and spring and is usually seen in school-aged children.
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Fifth disease (erythema infectiosum), also called slapped-cheek disease, is a common illness in young children due to infection with parvovirus B19.

Definition Fifth disease is a mild childhood illness caused by the human parvovirus B19 that causesflu-like symptoms and a rash.

Parvovirus B19 (Fifth disease) - Parvovirus B19 infection, also known as "fifth disease," is a common childhood viral infection.

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Other names for the illness include fifth disease and erythema infectiosum. Like many viral infections, it is spread by mucous from an infected person sneezing or coughing. This mucous is carried by hand to the mouth or nose of another person.

Guidelines on Parvovirus B19 (Slapped Cheek Syndrome, Fifth Disease or Erythema Infectiosum), Health Protection Agency (2008); Contains guidelines by Crowcroft et al, 1999.
Zellman GL; Erythema Infectiosum (Fifth Disease).

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Pregnant women should avoid being in contact with children with fifth disease as it may cause a miscarriage. Pregnant women with a child who contracts fifth disease should contact their doctor. The incubation period is a couple of weeks.

Erythema infectiosum: A sometimes-used Latin name for fifth disease. See Fifth disease.
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It's also commonly called fifth disease because it was fifth of a group of once- common childhood diseases that all have similar rashes. The other four diseases are measles, rubella, scarlet fever and Dukes' disease.

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Parvovirus infection is also commonly called fifth disease because it was fifth of a group of once-common childhood diseases with similar rashes. The other four are measles, rubella, scarlet fever and Dukes' disease.

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