Fifth Disease -- anyone ever had it?
By beeeckie
@beeeckie (802)
United States
July 23, 2008 10:36am CST
Fifth disease is called by that name because it was classified as the fifth identified childhood rash-related illness. It is a rash that looks like your cheeks have been slapped and the rest of your skin gets covered in a red, lacy looking rash.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_disease
I am asking who's had it, especially as a kid, because when I got it, it itched SO MUCH that ever since that time my skin has been particularly sensitive to itches and tickles. Oddly, the wikipedia article says it "may itch" which seems like an understatement to me. :)
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
23 Jul 08
I have never had it myself, but one of my old bosses was telling us one day at work that her daughter had gotten it. I had never heard of it before then. She said that her daughter looked like she had been smacked across the face really hard for a few days.
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@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
23 Jul 08
I had fifth disease when I was little. I remeber you couldn't go out in the sun and you had to take lukewarm baths beacuse the heat would bring out the rash even more. I really don't remember how itchy it was.
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