I decided to write down a few posts with pictures for new mothers like me who are unsure what exactly that my kid was suffering, and after seeing those pictures would have a slight idea what is it about and what is it called.
When Baby Claire was 7 days after her one year old birthday celebration, she started to have very high fever for around 3 days, and on the 4th day, her face started to have red rashes, and slowly all over her body. Justin Papa and I panicked! What the hell is that??
We took her to see a pediatrician and he suspected that she was suffering from Roseola or in Singapore terms "fake measles" or in Chinese "假麻疹". I was like huh? What is that? We were asked to monitor her condition, and as long her fever did not rose up again, her rashes will slowly go away after a few days. As advised by the doctor, drink more water, and wear light clothing. Magically, the rashes subsided, and we heaved a sigh of relief. Parents, please take note that if the fever comes back again, and it is high again, it is better to re-visit the doctor again.
Actually after reading up online, Roseola seems to be more common than we know, and this normally occurs to children under 2 years old. "It is caused by two human herpesviruses, HHV-6 (Human herpesvirus 6) and HHV-7, which are sometimes referred to collectively as Roseolovirus." from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseola
Symptoms:
- High Fever for a 3 days, and 4th day started to have rushes started from her face, then onto her whole body
- Rashes will totally subside after 4 or 5 days
Advices:
- Drink a lot of fluid
- Need a lot of rest especially baby was just recovered from fever
- Bring the child to see doctor again if fever never subside even after the rashes appeared
- Wear light clothing
I will be sharing about the next skin problem next week which Baby Claire frequently encountered, the bites!
Cheers,
Deariebear Mommie
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