The fifth disease in children
Fifth disease is also commonly called infectious erythema, it is a very common contagious disease in children
What is the fifth disease?
As we have already said, the fifth disease in children is contagious, it is an erythema that affects the areas of the arms, cheek and legs, the fifth disease is an infectious disease of viral origin that affects school-age children, the fifth disease represents a major cause of childhood rash related to viruses such as for rubella, measles and sixth disease.
Children between the ages of 4 and 15 have a higher risk of developing fifth disease.
How is fifth disease transmitted?
The fifth disease is an infection that appears due to a virus, the transmission of the fifth disease occurs through saliva, due to objects touched by children with this infection and lack of hand hygiene, and is also transmitted through direct contact of blood, the incubation period of the fifth disease can range from a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 21 days, the incubation can last for 14-16 days.
Symptoms of the fifth disease
The symptoms of fifth disease are very annoying, it causes a sense of fatigue, headache, sore throat, exhaustion and pain in the joints, sometimes fever also occurs and finally the skin erythema arises, which arises slowly first on the cheeks, that appear swollen and painful until they expand over the days on the arms and legs, rarely the erythema also arises on the hands and feet
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