Fifth disease

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.
Full article >>>

Fifth disease is a viral illness that is associated with an exanthem. Exanthem is another name for a rash or skin eruption. It is spread from one child to another through direct contact with discharge from the nose and throat.
Full article >>>

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.) .
Full article >>>

Fifth disease is caused by human parvovirus B19. It often affects preschoolers or school-age children during the spring. The disease is spread by contact with respiratory secretions and usually lasts for five days.
Full article >>>

More on Fifth Disease
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...
Full article >>>

PREVENTING FIFTH DISEASE
There is no way to keep a child from contracting fifth disease once she has been exposed to the virus. The period of contagion is unknown, but probably prolonged.
Full article >>>

Erythema (air-uh-THEE-ma) infectiosum (in-fek-tee-OH-sum), also called Fifth disease, is an infection that mostly occurs in children. It usually starts with a rash on the face that spreads to other parts of the body.
Full article >>>

Erythema infectiosum is an infectious disease that predominantly affects children. It's also known as fifth disease or slapped cheek disease because of the typical rash that appears on the cheeks.
What causes it?
Full article >>>

Partial Thyroidectomy (Thyroid Gland Removal)
Partial Vegetarian (Vegetarianism)
Parvovirus B19 (Fifth Disease)
Passed Out (Fainting)
Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder ...
Full article >>>

Parvovirus infection is 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.
Full article >>>

A viral infection most common in children that begins with a red, warm rash on the face, along with some paleness around the mouth. Also called Fifth disease.
erythema multiforme ...
Full article >>>


'"/>