![]() If this happens, take your child to the GP for advice on how to treat these symptoms. When to see a doctorĪ few children with slapped cheek develop swelling and pain in the joints of their hands and feet. You can give your child paracetamol or ibuprofen to help them feel more comfortable if they are bothered by a fever or aches and pains. ![]() Most children do not need any treatment, except for rest to allow the body to fight the infection. Because slapped cheek is caused by a virus, antibiotics are not given to children with slapped cheek as antibiotics do not treat viruses. However, if your child is unwell with a fever, keeping them home from child care, kindergarten or school will help prevent them spreading the illness to others. Often parents won’t know their child has slapped cheek. ![]() They will not be able to spread the infection to other people after this time, even if they have a rash. ![]() Children with slapped cheek are contagious until 24 hours after their fever has resolved. Slapped cheek is spread by touching or breathing in the coughed or sneezed fluid drops from an infected person. The rashes can come and go for several weeks, or even months, especially if the skin is exposed to sunlight or after exercise.Your child may also have a different rash on their chest, back, arms and legs, which looks like a pink lace pattern on the skin.After a few days of being unwell, a bright red rash may appear on the cheeks.The first symptoms can include fever, headache, stomach upsets, aches and pains.The symptoms can vary, and are usually so mild that many parents won't realise that their child has had the virus. It may take between four and 14 days after your child is exposed to slapped cheek for any symptoms to show. Slapped cheek is not life threatening and complications are rare. A common symptom is cheeks that look like they have been slapped, which is where the virus gets its name. Most children who get slapped cheek do not have any symptoms, and if they do the symptoms are usually very mild. Slapped cheek is common and usually affects children between the ages of four and 10 years, but can happen at any age. It is also called fifth disease or erythema infectiosum. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Slapped cheek is a viral infection caused by the human parvovirus B19. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. ![]() Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography). ![]()
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