When a doctor makes a diagnosis of measles in a child, many parents ask: Is it German measles or the ordinary kind?
Unfortunately, there is nothing ordinary about measles. It is a serious disorder, with many complications.
German measles, while a mild illness, can cause severe complications in a developing child if a woman contracts it during pregnancy. Let’s have a look at these two disorders which are both labelled “measles”.
Rubella is a common and mild illness due to a virus. It has an incubation period of between 14 and 21 days.
It can occur at any age, but most infections are contracted in childhood. Nearly 90 per cent of women have had the infection by the time they become pregnant.
There may be a mild illness for a few days but, usually, the rash develops first. It is a fine, discrete, pink rash affecting the face, trunk and limbs. It only lasts a short time, often less than two days.
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