Roseola

This week, my 12-month-old daughter had roseola. She was cranky and miserable. My daughter had a sudden high fever at 39.5℃ that lasted 3 days. I worried about the rapid increase in temperature. After the fever ended, a rosy-pink rash appeared mostly on the trunk, neck, arms and face. The rash was not itchy and lasted 3 days. My daughter behaved almost normally, except for a loss of appetite and sleep.
Since I didn't know roseola existed before my first baby got it, My son got it when he was nine months.
My family doctor told me that roseola is a mild illness caused by a virus. It is generally harmless and is most common in children 6 months to 2 years of age. And once you have had it, you wouldn't get it again.
Roseola is most contagious during the fever period. Unfortunately, this is also the time when most parents do not know their baby or child has roseola and so exposes to other young children. Generally, the child has no other symptoms during this time.
We were very fortunate when it was all over!