Three-Day Fever (Exanthema Subitum): Drug Therapy

Therapeutic targets

  • Symptom relief
  • Avoidance of complications

Therapy recommendations

  • Symptomatic therapy (antipyretics (antipyretic drugs) such as acetaminophen; for febrile convulsions, anticonvulsant (“anti-convulsant”) drugs such as diazepam).
  • Virostase (antivirals) only in immunocompromised patients (due tohigh risks of complications).
  • See also under “Further therapy“.