http://roseola.net/uncategorized/how-long-is-roseola-contagious-for/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://roseola.net/uncategorized/how-long-is-roseola-contagious-for/comment-page-1/#comment-25 jessikacarnes Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:20:06 +0000 http://roseola.net/uncategorized/how-long-is-roseola-contagious-for/#comment-25 Roseola is a virus that kids get and there is nothing we can do for it. It has to run its course. My daughter was just exposed to it at daycare. I was told that they are contagious for 7 days or until they get a fever and it breaks. They are not contagious with the the rash. I was told you can give them tylenol for the fever and give them a baking soda bath for the rash if it bothers them. It is rare for anyone over 4 to get this as it is just a childhood virus. The virus is a strain of the herpes virus, but does not cause the warts. There are several strains, so your child will not get this one again but there is a chance for your child to get it again as a different strain. Good luck and I hope it doesnt last too long for you. Roseola is a virus that kids get and there is nothing we can do for it. It has to run its course. My daughter was just exposed to it at daycare. I was told that they are contagious for 7 days or until they get a fever and it breaks. They are not contagious with the the rash. I was told you can give them tylenol for the fever and give them a baking soda bath for the rash if it bothers them. It is rare for anyone over 4 to get this as it is just a childhood virus. The virus is a strain of the herpes virus, but does not cause the warts. There are several strains, so your child will not get this one again but there is a chance for your child to get it again as a different strain. Good luck and I hope it doesnt last too long for you.

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