FIFTH INFANTILE DISEASE (INFECTIOUS ERYTHEMA)

The fifth disease is a contagious infection caused by parvovirus human B19. Usually appears in spring and that is characterized by the appearance of red spots begin in the cheeks (they are assimilated to a slap) and soon they extend to the rest of the body. The eruption that appears in the trunk, the arms and the legs has a rash appearance characteristic like of in the form of cord. It never appears in the palm of the hands and the plant of the feet, does not produce prurito and usually gets worse if it is exposed to the patient to the sun or high temperatures. It can reappear after weeks. It is very common in children and adolescents.

Forms of contagion
It is infected by droplets of saliva (in the cough or the estornudos), or of mother to fetus in the period of gestation.

Symptoms
• The most evident symptom is the reddening of the cheeks and the later eruption.
• In addition, the boy raises little fever and feels a slight malaise.

Treatment
The confirmation of the diagnosis is based on the medical revision in the doctor's office. Like all virósica disease, the specialist will recommend that the boy remains in the home and will not prescribe any antibiotic. The disease would have subsequent to cure within the week the appearance of the sarpullido one.

Recommendations
If the boy is in scholastic age, warns the establishment on the disease.

Avoid
• Avoid the exhibition of the patient to the sun.