Roseola physical examination

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omodamola Aje B.Sc, M.D. [2]

Overview

Patients are usually well appearing depending on the time of presentation, patient may present in the febrile or rash phase, in distress or not.

Physical examination

Appearance of the patient

Patients are usually well appearing depending on the time of presentation, patient may present in the febrile or rash phase, in distress or not.

Vital signs

	Vital signs	Skin manifestations
Febrile phase	Fever 40ºC (104ºF) Tachycardia Tachypnea	None
Rash phase	Within normal limits	Maculopapular rash

Skin

• Blanching, non-pruritic macular or maculopapular rash starting on the neck and trunks and extending towards face and extremities.
• Rash is sometimes vesicular.
• Rash can last anywhere from a few hours to a 3 days.