Do you know the symptoms, prevention, and treatment of apple disease?

 

Apple disease is a disease that children in the lower grades of kindergarten or elementary school often suffer from, and the apple disease is called royal and the official name is infectious erythema. Apple disease is a disease that is transmitted to humans because of an infectious disease caused by a virus. It is called an apple disease because it makes your cheeks red like an apple. This time, it's about an apple bottle. It also explains the characteristics, treatment, and precautions of apple diseases.

What is an apple disease?

What kind of disease is an apple bottle?

What causes apple disease is a virus called human Larvovirus B19. Rashes often appear other than both cheeks. Apple disease becomes a popular infectious disease centered on children. Apple bottles are characterized by red rashes on both cheeks. Early symptoms such as a cold, such as a cough or runny nose, may appear 1 week to 10 days before the rash appears. It is not uncommon to have no initial symptoms. There are few cases of fever, and there are few cases of high fever even if fever occurs. After the initial symptom period, red rashes appear on both cheeks, suspecting apple disease. In most cases, there are no signs of rash and it disappears naturally.

Do you have any symptoms other than a rash?

The main symptom of apple disease is a red rash on both cheeks. Symptoms other than the erythema of the cheek are lace-type erythema and joint pain accompanied by itching of the limbs. If an adult has apple disease, joint pain is more common than a rash on the cheek. In addition to joint pain, symptoms such as fever and headache are also symptoms of apple disease.

Do adults have more mild symptoms?

Apple disease is likely to be transmitted to adults, and the intensity of symptoms varies from person to person. In particular, if you have no experience of apple disease, such as those in jobs where you have many opportunities to contact your children or those with children, you are not infected by a child. In the case of adults, there are no clear symptoms of apple disease, which often leads to an incurable infection. Red rashes, which are characteristic of apple bottles, rarely appear on the face. Instead, a common symptom in adults with apple disease is arthritis. Arthritis is known to be common in women. Arthritis often recovers naturally in about 1 to 3 weeks, but it can rarely last for a long time, and the intensity of the pain varies from light to difficult to move. There are also cases accompanied by edema, and the intensity of the symptoms varies by individual. In addition, adult apple diseases are characterized by symptoms other than rash, such as fever and headache. In the case of adults, it is often difficult to identify as an apple disease.

Tell me about the incubation period or the epidemic period.

The incubation period of the apple disease virus is several days to two weeks. After the incubation period, symptoms such as a cold appear, and after about a week, a red rash appears on the cheek. Apple diseases often increase from winter to spring, so they are becoming popular every few years, especially in children.

a cure for apple disease

Please tell me about the cure for apple disease.

There is no medicine that works more effectively than Tamiflu, which is used for influenza viruses, in the virus that causes apple disease, human Larvo virus B19. In the early stages of apple disease, there are often only cold symptoms, so the treatment is centered on symptomatic therapy for cold symptoms. For fever or arthritis, you can get a prescription for fever painkillers or antihistamines if you have itching in your rash.

Do you have any complications?

Apple disease is a disease that is rarely accompanied by serious symptoms and has few complications. However, there are rare cases of arthritis or anemia. In particular, people with hemolytic anemia (such as hereditary globular erythrocytes) may have severe hemolytic anemia due to infection and require blood transfusion, so caution is needed. Other complications include myocarditis, acute encephalitis, and encephalopathy.

Do schools and nurseries need to rest?

Apple bottles do not have a clear suspension period as prescribed by the School Health and Safety Act. Before the characteristic symptoms of apple disease appear, symptoms such as a cold only appear. In fact, the infectious power of apple disease was strong in the early days, and by the time the rash appeared on the cheek, the infectious power was almost gone. So when you can conclude that it's an apple disease, you don't have to worry about infecting anyone. If you are treated at a hospital and are judged to be an apple disease, and if a doctor says there is no risk of infection, you do not need to take a break from school or daycare center if you are healthy even if you have a rash on your cheek. Let's get permission from the doctor in charge to diagnose and go to school for apple disease.

Don't you worry about re-infection?

Apple disease is a disease that does not catch again once you catch it along with mumps. However, there are cases where a rash that has improved once after the infection is re-enacted. This is not a re-infected apple disease, it's just red-lighted by sunlight or mechanical stimulation. As I said above, apple bottles are not likely to be infected by humans at the stage of a rash on the cheek. Even if you have a rash again, you don't have to worry about carrying it to others. Even if the rash is re-infected after the apple bottle subsides, there is no need to be absent from daycare centers or schools because it not been re-infected.

Points to Be Careful With Apple Bottles

Is there a way to prevent apple disease or a vaccine?

There is no vaccine for preventing the apple disease virus, just like a dedicated drug. Therefore, there is no vaccination such as mumps or blisters. Apple disease cannot be prevented with a vaccine, so be careful if it is prevalent around you. The route of infection with the apple disease virus comes from droplets and contact with the patient's cough or sneeze. To prevent apple diseases caused by droplets or contact, washing your hands frequently, gargle, and wearing masks are the first to prevent infectious diseases such as colds. If apple bottles are prevalent in daycare centers or schools where children go, they often wash their hands and brush their teeth. The same goes for your family, of course.

I heard it's better not to get pregnant.

Apple disease is usually mild as much as a child gets, and even if an adult gets it, it is rarely worrisome. However, if a pregnant woman has apple disease, she should be careful. If a pregnant woman has apple disease, it can affect the baby in her stomach with or without symptoms. The main effect on the baby in the stomach is that water accumulates on the baby's skin and chest and becomes swollen (fetal edema), which may affect the baby's life. In particular, pregnant women under 28 weeks of pregnancy are at risk of baby abnormalities or miscarriages, so be careful. Of course, just because you have apple disease during pregnancy doesn't mean that it affects your baby. Even if fetal edema occurs, it may recover naturally. You don't have to worry too much, but it's important to prevent apple diseases as much as possible just in case. If you suspect apple disease during pregnancy, first see an internal medicine or dermatologist. If you are diagnosed with apple disease, consult an obstetrics and gynecology clinic even before the examination.

If you think it might be apple disease, it's important to see a doctor.

The initial symptoms of apple disease are not different from colds, so it is difficult to diagnose apple disease in the early stages. In the early stages of apple bottles, if you don't have a high fever, there's no problem watching at home. However, if you have a rash, which is a characteristic of apple disease, you should see a doctor even if you are healthy. There is no fear of infection when the rash occurs, but there are other diseases that cause the rash besides apple disease. Try to determine whether it is an apple disease or a rash caused by another disease. Also, you have to report the number of infected people in the hospital for apple diseases. This is to understand the epidemic situation and help prevent infection by identifying the number of patients. It also provides information on those at risk by being infected with apple diseases such as pregnant women, so those with suspected apple diseases should be examined.

Apple disease is a lot of infectious diseases in children, but if you have no experience of this disease, you are likely to be infected even as an adult. Apple bottles have no special medicine or vaccine, so you have no choice but to prevent them yourself. It is safe to prevent infectious diseases. Apple diseases tend to increase in winter and spring, so during this period, people who are in jobs related to their children or are raising children are especially careful about the trend.

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This time, we talked about apple disease. Apple disease is a disease that can be infected by both children and adults. Most of them are mild diseases, but there are people who need to be careful, such as pregnant women. Apple disease is the most contagious in the early years. If there are signs of an epidemic around you, if you have symptoms such as a cold, you should wear a mask to prevent infection around you even before you are diagnosed with apple disease.