exanthema /ex·an·the·ma/ (eg″zan-the´mah) pl. exanthemas, exanthem´ata [Gr.] exanthem.
exanthema subitum.
exanthema subitum
Patient discussion about exanthema subitum.
exanthema su´bitum an acute but mild viral disease of children, with high fever for about 3 days, followed by a rash on the trunk; caused by human herpesvirus 6.
exanthema su·bi·tum (s  b -t m)n. A viral disease affecting infants and young children, characterized by a fever that lasts several days and a spotty rash that appears shortly after the fever has subsided. Also called roseola infantum, sixth disease. |
exanthema subitum.
See roseola infantum.
exanthema subitum
Roseola infantum, sixth disease Pediatrics A mild, self-limited disease caused by HHV-6, which affects children age 6 months to 2 yrs Clinical High fever for 3–5 days, discrete, rose pink macules and maculopapules that
may be tender to touch and blanch on pressure, with periorbital edema–Berliner sign and palatal edema. See HHV-6.
Patient discussion about exanthema subitum.
Q. roseola high fever
A. roseola; any rose colored eruption of the skin--roseola is a viral infection of young children producing a fever which last three or four days after which temperatures drops to normal,a skin rash appears and the child becomes better---treated with meds that lower fever and stops the rash.
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