My two kids (3 & 5) have recently had slap cheek syndrome aka fifths disease. Each had a fever followed by very red cheeks and a rash on their body and arms. Our eldest’s school said there is loads of it going about.
3 weeks ago i had a fever come on very quickly with a complete loss of energy. Took to my bed for 5 days with a temp of 39. Also became anaemic. After the fever came a rash all over my body, at times insanely itchy. The last week I’ve had very sore joints and again no energy. I’ve not felt this rubbish since getting glandular fever 30 years ago.
At the same my friend’s ten year old son got fifths disease and ended up in ICU having three blood transfusions.
It does seem the older you are the worse it can be.