SICKNESS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN: ROSEOLA INFANTUM
This disorder, also known as exanthem subitum, is a fairly common fever occurring in children during the first three years of their lives.
It is always worth considering when the child has a fever and is irritable and drowsy, but does not have any other signs, such as a rash. Unlike most childhood diseases with rashes, when the flat, reddish rash of roseola infantum appears after three or four days of fever, the disease is ended, and the fever and other symptoms quickly disappear.
The cause of roseola infantum is not known with certainty, but is presumed to be a virus. There is no specific treatment for the disease, which fortunately appears to confer immunity for life.
Immunity to childhood diseases
One attack of mumps, chickenpox, ordinary measles, and German measles usually gives protection for a lifetime. Your child can—and should—be immunized against smallpox, diphtheria, and whooping-cough, as well as measles, German measles, tetanus, and polio.
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