Apparently Roseola is one of those illnesses that often a child goes through without the parent's knowledge. I'm told this by our wonderful Doctor Dan as reassurance because of the stats in our home; my lack of awareness is 3:1. This sneaky little infirmity starts out as a high fever in children usually ranging from 6 months to 3 years for 3-7 days. Due to the fever, a child can become de
hydrated or have loss of appetite but the fever is really the only symptom thus MY reasoning as to why parents probably mistake the illness for teething or something more common. Once the fever is gone, this lovely rash appears all over the trunk of the body; when this stage hits the child is no longer contagious. Doctor Dan says that the rash can consist of 2 dots on the skin or a complete connect-the-dot coloring book. Kellan was close to the latter. Hopefully Doctor Dan is correct that both Corban and Hayden have probably already had this illness without their mother's knowledge so we don't have to go the rounds with roseola!
hydrated or have loss of appetite but the fever is really the only symptom thus MY reasoning as to why parents probably mistake the illness for teething or something more common. Once the fever is gone, this lovely rash appears all over the trunk of the body; when this stage hits the child is no longer contagious. Doctor Dan says that the rash can consist of 2 dots on the skin or a complete connect-the-dot coloring book. Kellan was close to the latter. Hopefully Doctor Dan is correct that both Corban and Hayden have probably already had this illness without their mother's knowledge so we don't have to go the rounds with roseola!
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