Roseola physical examination
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Overview
Physical examination
Appearance of the patient
Depending on the time of presentation, patient may be in distress or not.
Vital signs
- High grade fever
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.[1]
References
- ↑ JURETIC M (1963). "Exanthema subitum a review of 243 cases". Helv Paediatr Acta. 18: 80–95. PMID 13958107.