Symptoms of roseola

Roseola doesn't always cause noticeable symptoms. If they do develop, they'll usually start a week or two after becoming infected. Fever At first, your child may have: a suddenhigh temperature (fever) ofover 37.5C (99.5F) find out how to take your child's temperature a Strep throat a runny nose a cough mild diarrhoea loss of appetite swollen eyelids and swollen glands in their neck These symptoms typically last three to five days,at which point a rash often appears. Some children also have fits (seizures)known as febrile seizures . These can be frightening, but are usually harmless. Rash The roseola rash usually appears once the fever has gone down. The rash: is made up of pinkish-red spots, patches or bumps these should fade if you roll a glass over them tends to start on the chest, tummy and back, before spreading to the face, neck and arms isn't usually itchy or uncomfortable normallyfades and disappears within two days It canbe difficult to tell the rash apart fromsimilar childhoodinfections, such as measles , rubella or scarlet fever .