Comments on: is roseola contagious? http://roseola.net/uncategorized/is-roseola-contagious/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nomarkersforkody http://roseola.net/uncategorized/is-roseola-contagious/comment-page-1/#comment-27 nomarkersforkody Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:59:26 +0000 http://roseola.net/uncategorized/is-roseola-contagious/#comment-27 Yes, especially among young children. Roseola is spread by saliva or respiratory droplets — when an infected person sneezes or coughs, for example — or by fecal-oral contact. Because a child is contagious before he has symptoms, there's often no way to avoid exposure. Make sure that all family members — especially those taking care of your baby — wash their hands frequently. (This is a good idea even in the fever stage because you don't know that you're dealing with roseola until you see the classic rash.) To play it safe, keep your child home from daycare and away from others while he has a fever. It's probably wise to keep him home until the rash is gone, although he'll be less contagious once he has the rash than he was when he had the fever. The good news: Once your child has had roseola, he'll probably have lifelong immunity to it. Yes, especially among young children. Roseola is spread by saliva or respiratory droplets — when an infected person sneezes or coughs, for example — or by fecal-oral contact. Because a child is contagious before he has symptoms, there’s often no way to avoid exposure.

Make sure that all family members — especially those taking care of your baby — wash their hands frequently. (This is a good idea even in the fever stage because you don’t know that you’re dealing with roseola until you see the classic rash.)

To play it safe, keep your child home from daycare and away from others while he has a fever. It’s probably wise to keep him home until the rash is gone, although he’ll be less contagious once he has the rash than he was when he had the fever.

The good news: Once your child has had roseola, he’ll probably have lifelong immunity to it.

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