What Is 5th Disease?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
3. Symptoms in Children
When symptoms of 5th disease do arise, they tend to be mistaken for a mild cold. Patients will usually have a mild fever and also a mild headache. They will often also have stomach problem, and many patients will have a runny nose. Some patients will also develop a sore throat.
Sometimes the patient will experience soreness in their muscles, while fatigue is also a symptom in some. In a small number of cases the patient might experience aches and pains in joints. A few days or so after the first symptom appear, the patient will begin to develop the distinctive rash that the condition is so well known for.
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