When can a child with fifths disease return to school?

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asked Mar 14, 2020 in Kids Health by nicetoseeyouhi (300 points)
When can a child with fifths disease return to school?

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answered Mar 14, 2020 by Judy (56,120 points)
A child can return to school or daycare when they are no longer contagious with the fifth disease.

When the child develops a rash or slapped cheek looking face from the fifth disease that means that the child is no longer contagious with the fifth disease and can return to daycare or school.

Children with fifth disease are contagious with the fifth disease for around 5 to 7 days before the rash appears and after the rash appears the fifth disease is no longer contagious.

Also since fifth disease is contagious that means that an adult or anyone else near the child who has fifth disease can get the fifth disease from the child.

As long as the child is contagious with the fifth disease and the adult or parents are around the child they too can get fifth disease.

Not all adults who are around children will get fifth disease from the child who has it but it is possible.

When an adult gets fifth disease they usually have symptoms such as a severe flu like illness but rarely does an adult develop the rash with fifth disease like a child does.

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