The common age for someone to obtain fifth disease is around the age of five and fifteen years old for children who obtain the disease, it does not occur into someone's later years.
Erythema infectiousum is called fifth disease because at the time it was discovered it was the fifth most common cause of rash in children.
The name Fifth disease originated in 1905, when a French physician assigned numbers to the common childhood diseases characterized by rashes. For example, measles was "first disease," scarlet fever was "second disease," rubella was "third disease," and so on. Eventually, the numerical names for these diseases were replaced, except in the case of fifth disease, which remains today.
Fifth disease is usually suspected based on a patient's symptoms, including the typical appearance of the bright red rash on the cheeks, patient history, age, and the time of year.
fifth disease doesn't have swollen cheeks
Fifth disease is similar to chicken pox or other type viral infections. It is most commonly seen in children but some adults can be affected. A hallmark of the condition is a lacy type rash that starts on the trunk and spreads to the limbs. Typically the rash lasts only a couple of days or so but can reoccur. Especially in adults severe body aches are common.
Ultrasound is used to diagnose fetal fifth disease.
The disease is most common in mothers under the age of 20, or over the age of 35.
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fifth disease
Fifth disease is a viral illness caused by parvovirus B19. Fifth disease is also known as "erythema infectiosum" and "slapped cheek disease." The clinical illness was described in the 1880s and was named fifth disease because of its "fifth" position in the numerical classification of childhood illnesses associated with rashes (exanthems).Fifth disease is caused by a virus.Symptoms include low fever, fatigue, a "slapped cheeks rash," joint aches, and a whole-body rash.Diagnosis is made based on clinical features.Rarely, fifth disease can have complications.Fifth disease in pregnant women can cause a miscarriage.
Parvovirus B19 most commonly causes fifth disease, a rash illness.
Degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone, most common from middle age onward. Its basically a joint disease.