Introduction
Fever with rash is found in the well-known childhood diseases such as measles, chickenpox, scarlet fever and rubella. The diseases are caused by viruses and bacteria and are transmitted via droplet infection, i.e. sneezing and coughing. Some of the highly infectious diseases are also transmitted via the hands. The well-known highly infectious childhood diseases can also only appear in adulthood.
These diseases cause fever and skin rash in children
- Three-day fever
- Measles
- Ring rubella
- Rubella
- Scarlet fever
- Chickenpox
- Mouth, Hand and Foot Disease
- Urticaria
These diseases cause fever and skin rash in adults
Three-day fever Shingles (herpes zoster) Piper fever Scarlet fever Syphilis Lyme disease Dengue fever Spotted fever Known childhood diseases such as measles, rubella, rubella, scarlet fever, chickenpox, hand-foot-mouth disease or hives can also occur in adults.
- Three-day fever
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Piping glandular fever
- Scarlet fever
- Syphilis
- Lyme disease
- Dengue Fever
- Typhus
Causes
Most diseases associated with fever and rashes are caused by viruses or bacteria. The following diseases are caused by viruses. The herpes viruses HHV 6 and 7 are responsible for the three-day fever, the measles virus for measles and the parvovirus B19 for rubella.
The rubivirus causes rubella, while varicella-zoster viruses are responsible for chickenpox and shingles. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease, also called foot-and-mouth disease, is caused by the Coxsackie virus and enteroviruses. Whistling glandular fever is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus and the tropical disease dengue fever is caused by the dengue virus.
You can read more about the virally caused rashes here: Skin rash of three-day fever, skin rash of rubella, skin rash of chickenpox or skin rash of whistling glandular fever Diseases caused by bacteria with rash and fever are for example scarlet fever or borrellos. Scarlet fever is caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, syphilis by Treponema pallidum and Lyme disease by Borrelia burgdorferi. You can read more about bacterially caused skin rashes here:Scarlet fever or skin rash after tick bite Hives (urticaria) can also be accompanied by skin rash and fever. Various bacteria and parasites can be responsible for this. In some cases the cause of hives remains unexplained.