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measles & german measles (rubella) chicken pox
jemsngirls on Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:30 pm
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http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/chicken_pox.html
What is measles?
Measles is one of the most contagious viral diseases. It is caused by paramyxo virus and is the most unpleasant and the most dangerous of the children's diseases that result in a rash. This is due to the complications of the disease.
What is German measles?
What are the symptoms of measles?
After about 14 days the following symptoms start showing:
* a fever at about 39șC.
* a cold.
* coughing, possibly with a barking cough.
* sore throat - the lymph nodes in the throat may swell.
* reddish eyes.
* sensitivity to light.
* greyish spots, the size of grains of sand may appear in the mucous membrane of the mouth just around the molar teeth. These are called Koplik's spots and can be seen before the rash appears.
* after three to four days the temperature may fall, although it can run high again when the rash appears.
* the rash usually begins around the ears and spreads to the body and the legs within a day or two.
* at first the spots are very small - a couple of millimetres - but they double in size quickly and begin to join together.
* the spots are a clear red colour.
* the temperature, which may run as high as 40șC, may stay that high for a couple of days. Then it disappears together with the rash, which may leave some brown spots.
* after a week the child will be fit again.
Children who have had measles cannot return to school or childcare before they recover and the temperature is gone.
The doctor should give children under the age of one who are exposed to the disease an immunity injection within five days.
In the UK all children between the age of 12 and 15 months are offered the MMR vaccination, which will protect them from measles, mumps and rubella.
© NetDoctor/Justesen
German measles (rubella) is an illness caused by a virus. Epidemics tend to break out every three to four years, although the illness is less contagious than measles and chickenpox.
What are the signs of German measles?
* The patient develops a rash. This typically starts around the ears from where it spreads all over the body in tiny pink spots. The rash changes almost from hour to hour, and will disappear again after about two to three days, requiring no treatment.
* Before the rash appears, the patient can suffer a light cold and/or swelling in the neck and base of the skull (due to the enlargement of the lymph nodes).
* The period between the time of infection and the actual outbreak of German measles (the incubation period) is usually quite long - between two and three weeks.
What are the symptoms of measles?
After about 14 days the following symptoms start showing:
* a fever at about 39șC.
* a cold.
* coughing, possibly with a barking cough.
* sore throat - the lymph nodes in the throat may swell.
* reddish eyes.
* sensitivity to light.
* greyish spots, the size of grains of sand may appear in the mucous membrane of the mouth just around the molar teeth. These are called Koplik's spots and can be seen before the rash appears.
* after three to four days the temperature may fall, although it can run high again when the rash appears.
* the rash usually begins around the ears and spreads to the body and the legs within a day or two.
* at first the spots are very small - a couple of millimetres - but they double in size quickly and begin to join together.
* the spots are a clear red colour.
* the temperature, which may run as high as 40șC, may stay that high for a couple of days. Then it disappears together with the rash, which may leave some brown spots.
* after a week the child will be fit again.
Children who have had measles cannot return to school or childcare before they recover and the temperature is gone.
The doctor should give children under the age of one who are exposed to the disease an immunity injection within five days.
What Is Chickenpox?
Chickenpox is caused by a virus called varicella zoster. People who get the virus often develop a rash of spots that look like blisters all over their bodies. The blisters are small and sit on an area of red skin that can be anywhere from the size of a pencil eraser to the size of a dime.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/chicken_pox.html
What is measles?
Measles is one of the most contagious viral diseases. It is caused by paramyxo virus and is the most unpleasant and the most dangerous of the children's diseases that result in a rash. This is due to the complications of the disease.
What is German measles?
What are the symptoms of measles?
After about 14 days the following symptoms start showing:
* a fever at about 39șC.
* a cold.
* coughing, possibly with a barking cough.
* sore throat - the lymph nodes in the throat may swell.
* reddish eyes.
* sensitivity to light.
* greyish spots, the size of grains of sand may appear in the mucous membrane of the mouth just around the molar teeth. These are called Koplik's spots and can be seen before the rash appears.
* after three to four days the temperature may fall, although it can run high again when the rash appears.
* the rash usually begins around the ears and spreads to the body and the legs within a day or two.
* at first the spots are very small - a couple of millimetres - but they double in size quickly and begin to join together.
* the spots are a clear red colour.
* the temperature, which may run as high as 40șC, may stay that high for a couple of days. Then it disappears together with the rash, which may leave some brown spots.
* after a week the child will be fit again.
Children who have had measles cannot return to school or childcare before they recover and the temperature is gone.
The doctor should give children under the age of one who are exposed to the disease an immunity injection within five days.
In the UK all children between the age of 12 and 15 months are offered the MMR vaccination, which will protect them from measles, mumps and rubella.
© NetDoctor/Justesen
German measles (rubella) is an illness caused by a virus. Epidemics tend to break out every three to four years, although the illness is less contagious than measles and chickenpox.
What are the signs of German measles?
* The patient develops a rash. This typically starts around the ears from where it spreads all over the body in tiny pink spots. The rash changes almost from hour to hour, and will disappear again after about two to three days, requiring no treatment.
* Before the rash appears, the patient can suffer a light cold and/or swelling in the neck and base of the skull (due to the enlargement of the lymph nodes).
* The period between the time of infection and the actual outbreak of German measles (the incubation period) is usually quite long - between two and three weeks.
What are the symptoms of measles?
After about 14 days the following symptoms start showing:
* a fever at about 39șC.
* a cold.
* coughing, possibly with a barking cough.
* sore throat - the lymph nodes in the throat may swell.
* reddish eyes.
* sensitivity to light.
* greyish spots, the size of grains of sand may appear in the mucous membrane of the mouth just around the molar teeth. These are called Koplik's spots and can be seen before the rash appears.
* after three to four days the temperature may fall, although it can run high again when the rash appears.
* the rash usually begins around the ears and spreads to the body and the legs within a day or two.
* at first the spots are very small - a couple of millimetres - but they double in size quickly and begin to join together.
* the spots are a clear red colour.
* the temperature, which may run as high as 40șC, may stay that high for a couple of days. Then it disappears together with the rash, which may leave some brown spots.
* after a week the child will be fit again.
Children who have had measles cannot return to school or childcare before they recover and the temperature is gone.
The doctor should give children under the age of one who are exposed to the disease an immunity injection within five days.
What Is Chickenpox?
Chickenpox is caused by a virus called varicella zoster. People who get the virus often develop a rash of spots that look like blisters all over their bodies. The blisters are small and sit on an area of red skin that can be anywhere from the size of a pencil eraser to the size of a dime.
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