What is fifth disease in adults?

It is a infectious disease-mostly kids get--with a rash on feet, hands and mouth--it goes away in about 14 days--no big deal

Erythema infectiosum, acute infection with parvovirus B19, causes mild constitutional symptoms and a blotchy or maculopapular rash beginning on the cheeks and spreading primarily to exposed extremi...

Are you sure it is not rubella?See a Doctor about the bleeding which is never normal in any situation.

What are the symptoms? The incubation period-the time from exposure to the virus until symptoms develop-is 4 to 20 days. Initial symptoms usually resemble a mild flu (generally without fever), s...

Fifth Disease was so named because it was the fifth pink/red infectious rash to be described by physicians. The other four are Scarlet Fever, Measles, Rubella, and Roseola. Chicken pox was added ...

Erythema infectiosum, acute infection with parvovirus B19, causes mild constitutional symptoms and a blotchy or maculopapular rash beginning on the cheeks and spreading primarily to exposed extremi...

It is just a viral illness. Treat the symptoms. Motrin or Tylenol for fever, benedryl for itching/rash. Goes away in a few days.

鈥?Fifth's disease is a viral infection caused by the human parvovirus B19. 鈥?It is a mildly contagious disease of childhood that tends to affect children ages 3 to 12. 鈥?Its incubation perio...