Yes, my sister had it when we were growing up. Fifth disease is also called slapped cheek disease because of the rash that develops on the face that lasts for 2-7 days. It's a virus, so there's no cure. Other symptoms include sneezing, runny nose (flu-like symptoms), and achy joints and headache. It can only be spread through sneezing and coughing (or eating/drinking after someone).
My middle son had it when he was about a year old- I didn't think it was any different from a mild flu/cold until we went to the doctor for an ear infection check and she told me he had fifth's disease. I assume my oldest son had it as well since he had similar syptoms before the middle one got sick, but he was never officially diagnosed.
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My younger brother and I both had it as kids. From what I remember, it wasn't too bad (compared to chicken pox, which I had the year previous); the worst symptoms of the rash went away with a dose of benadryl.
My eldest daughter was diagnosed with it at 6 months. She didn't pop out with the rash at first - had a high fever and was very listless. She had to endure a spinal tap (they thought it might be meningitis!) and then, the next day, BOOM- broke out in the rash.
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This is correct however, we did have a parent call us one day saying that the neighbor's dog had parvovirus and because her child had been playing with the dog and then got sick, she thought the child got parvovirus from the dog.
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