rashes

Question 1

Slapped cheek syndrome

Answer 1

fever, after URT
self limiting

Question 2

Hand, foot and mouth disease

Answer 2

self limiting
fever

Question 3

Scarlet Fever

Answer 3

rash on cheeks bright red

Sore throat
Headache
Fever

‘sandpaper’ texture and the tongue
Streptococcus species.
usually 10 days of phenoxymethylpenicillin
Children remain infectious until 24 hours after the first dose of antibiotics.

Question 4

Measles

Answer 4

erythematous, blanching maculopapular rash all over the body.

preceded by a fever, cough, runny nose or conjunctivitis.

Koplik spots (white spots inside the buccal cavity) may also be seen alongside the preceding symptoms.

self-limiting,

serious complications (pneumonia, encephalitis, immunosuppression and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis)

Children are infectious from 4 days before the rash to around 4 days after. It is highly infectious.

Question 5

hives

Answer 5

allergic
t1 hypersensitivity

Question 6

Chickenpox

Answer 6

caused by varicella zoster virus (Human Herpes Virus 3).
Children are infectious from 1-2 days before the rash until every single lesion has crusted over. They should be kept from school until the lesions have crusted ov

complications- encephalitis

Question 7

Roseola

Answer 7

lace like rash

herpes virus 6

Question 8

Rubella

Answer 8

postauricular lymphadenopathy and a rash that starts on the head and spreads down to the trunk.