The following symptoms and complaints may indicate exanthema subitum (three-day fever):
Leading symptoms
- Rapid rise in fever – a febrile convulsion is also possible.
- Respiratory symptoms such as cough or gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea (diarrhea) may occur during the fever phase
- After the fever has subsided, an exanthema (rash) with large pale red spots is formed mainly on the trunk
- Lymphadenopathy (lymph node enlargement).
- Rarely, neurological symptomatology occurs with lethargy or fatigue
Primary infection with the virus is asymptomatic in many cases, that is, without causing symptoms.
