Viral exanthema (fourth syndrome) Flashcards
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Features
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Rubella-like rash
often misdiagnosed.
Rash mainly confined to trunk.
Child usually well or has mild symptoms.
Treatment is symptomatic.
Childhood: common infectious diseases (13 decks)
- Measles
- Rubella
- Scarlet fever
- Viral exanthema (fourth syndrome)
- Erythema infectiosum (fifth syndrome)
- Roseola infantum (exanthema subitum or sixth syndrome)
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Hand, foot and mouth (HFM) disease
- Kawasaki disease
- Mumps (epidemic parotitis)
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
- Croup
- Skin eruptions caused by viruses
