Rashes Flashcards
Slapped cheek disease, fifth’s disease
Erythema infectiosum
Erythema infectiosum caused by
Parvovirus b19
Fever and slapped cheek rash occur at same time
Fifth disease
Treatment for erythema infectiosum
Supportive
Can provoke aplastic crisis in sickle cell disease
Erythema infectiosum
If mom’s other kid has this disease and gets mom sick, it can transfer to baby and cause hydrops fetalis
Erythema infectiosum
German measles
Rubella
Caused by parvomixovirus
Measles
Fever and rash. Rash begins on face. Then spreads down trunk and arms. Clears same way at face then works down.
Measles
Prodrome of cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, and Koplik spots
Measles
White dots in mouth
Koplik spots > measles
MMRV
Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella
Can develop subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in life
Measles
Rash spreads same way as measles. Starts on face then spreads down trunk and arms
Rubella
___________ separates rubella from measles
Prodrome