Roseola Syphilitic Urticariform

Roseola in adults.

Roseate rash is a very characteristic phenomenon of secondary syphilis. It occurs in 25% of patients, and the rash of roseola is very similar to the rash associated with acute vitamin deficiency. In order to give themselves a significant appearance, patients talk about what they suffered from “birthing”. The name roseola rash is explained by its appearance. On the outside of the whitish spots, wide pink or pale pink rings and rims are visible, forming an intermittent belt that intersects the symmetrically located elements of the primary rash. These signs are very similar in appearance to the very bright and non-repeating rash of ordinary urticaria. In addition to the rash, symptoms of dermatitis may occur, reminiscent of inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, or acute vitamin deficiency (nervous agitation