Daughter Covered in Rash/Hives ( 3Rd Time in 2 Weeks )

Both Fifths and hand/foot/mouth disease are going around. Both are treatable easily, but are highly contagious! If she is around any child who has a pregnant mother, the mother needs to know. Fifths is not harmful to most people but can be very harmful to a fetus.

Fifths and Hand Foot Mouth disease are NOT the same thing:
Fifths = very dangerous for pregnant women:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/respiratory/parvo_b19...

Hand Foot Mouth = not so dangerous for pregnant women:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/enterovirus/hfmd-qa.h...

Lots of different things cause rashes in kids. This site might help you figure it out: http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/skin-care/rashes

Maybe fifths disease? It can come and go and get worse when a child is hot. My ped likes to see children for rashes because it is hard to diagnosis by description.

It sounds like classical Fifth Disease, caused by Parvovirus B19, different from the parvo dogs get. Starts with the slapped looking cheeks, then a red, lact pattern rash. May or may not have fever/fussiness. A few kids and many adults, mainly women, can get persistent joint pain. The rash can come and go and last for 10-14 days, but once the rash starts kids are no longer contagious. It can also occasionally keep coming and goig for a few months when there are temperature changes or stress. Only time to worry about is when you are pregnant, since the fetus can get it and in 5% of the moms who get it the baby develops something called hydrops, that causes severe anemia and even death.

Bet you its fifth disease-it sounds just like it. It can definitely come and go. It is viral so there is nothing you can do for it. You should practice good hygeine around her yourself though-I had it a couple summers ago and it is much worse for adults. I was really sick and the rash came and went for months. Also-make sure that she is not around pregnant women with this.

It could be anything. First few things that come to mind are: virus; allergies to something she's eaten or environmental; teething (yes, teething). Generally speaking when it comes to rashes, especially something like this, it needs to be seen. It's too vague to internet diagnose.

Rosy cheeks and lacy red pattern is classic Fifth Disease
http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/childhood-illnesses/fift...
It went through our house over the winter last year so I know all about it. It normally does not bother the child much. If you get it as an adult it feels nasty(again first hand knowledge) but it is harmless.
There is nothing you can do at all but some Tylenol if the fever is bothering her or she's achy. It passes on it's own and looks worse when it's warm so it'll look like it's flaring up in a warm bath or shower or going outside on a warm day. By the time the rash appears they aren't contagious anymore so everyone's already been exposed.

One of our twins recently had fifths disease. She was moody and cried a lot. She has teeth coming in so I thought that was why she was grumpy. Then she had the red cheeks, the next day the lacy rash appeared on her arms and then spread to her legs. I bet that's what your daughter has. It is very contagious before the rash appears. Our daughter's twin sister now has the rash. It looks awful and bright red after being in the sun today.

5ths Disease aka "Slapped Face" Disease aka Hand Foot Mouth Disease.

There's nothing you can do about it b/c it's a virus. It'll run it's course. Now that the rash is present, you're past the "Contagious Period". Don't worry, it'll go away soon. As for now, just treat the symptoms with Hydrocortisone for any itching and motrin for any fever.

Sounds like fifth's disease.

I'm glad you found out what it was:). I was going to suggest food allergy or strep. Good call going to the dr, Mama!