Fifth Disease and Croup

[LittleDickensDesigns]

My 6yo had has a variety of bouts of cold and tummy issues since last Tuesday. He came home from school on Wednesday and I kept him home yesterday. He seemed to be much better by yesterday evening. But then he woke up around 10pm with a fever again so I gave him some tylenol and when it came down I put him back to bed. This morning he says he's feeling just fine, wants to go to to school and go skiing today. But sure enough, he has the tell-tale 'slapped cheeks' of Fifth. I called the ped's office and they are telling me he's no longer contagious, so I let him go to school. I hope I made the right decision!

 

[angelat]

Are you sure that it's croup? I personally get that "croup cough" when I have bronchitis. My lungs flare up so bad that I have to get steroids to control the cough and inflammation. Take her to the doctor to be sure if she is still coughing like that.

 

[emma'smom]

I had it in my late 20's...we knew it was going around the school where I taught. The swollen joints were horrible---one thing to note I had just started to plan for trying to conceive at the time-- My OB-GYN recommend that I wait at least six months from the time I had it and then get tested to see if it was still in my system before trying to get pregnant. This ended up setting back my plans to have children by almost a year. However, at least I knew to be careful and to wait....

 

[Oh Kay!]

Are you sure that it's croup? I personally get that "croup cough" when I have bronchitis. My lungs flare up so bad that I have to get steroids to control the cough and inflammation. Take her to the doctor to be sure if she is still coughing like that.

My 8 year old son woke up with barking cough last week. I immediately thought croup, too. But his Pediatrician said DS had bronchitis.