How long does it take to recover from measles.
German measles dark room.
You have fever for a week your eyes hurt so bad you have to stay in a dark room and you don t even ask to go outside and play because you re so sick even if you have uncomplicated measles.
What is up with this claim.
She said she d read to me.
The dark room was necessary so i didn t go blind.
Measles infections can harm the front or back of the eye possibly causing vision loss or blindness.
Rubella is generally a mild disease in children and is often referred to as the 3 day measles.
But my parents were fearful of epidemics.
Though measles is just re emerging as a threat in developed countries the disease has long been a leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide.
I had rubella and had to stay in bed for several days in a darkened room.
They thought light was bad for sick children s eyes.
Rubella spreads when people breathe in virus infected fluid such as the droplets sprayed into.
It seems like something you d at least hear about if it were true.
Shelley johnson carey didn t think measles was anything to worry about until her daughter fell behind on vaccines and the toddler s temperature hit 106.
At school in first through 8th grades i had classmates who suffered from scarlet fever mumps measles german measles chicken pox and whooping cough.
Children with measles often develop high temperature and i note from your query that you are already attending to that.
It is also important that the child drinks sufficient amounts of liquid because the body can lose significant amounts of fluid as a result of a raised temperature.
Rubella commonly known as german measles or 3 day measles is an infection that mostly affects the skin and lymph nodes.
Prevention of german measles.
By the next day i was so sick i didn t mind.
I ve never heard anything relating to this before.
It is caused by the rubella virus not the same virus that causes measles.
It is not necessary to keep the child in a dark room.
Prognosis for german measles.
One study estimates that measles causes up to 60 000 cases of blindness a year globally.
Rubella can be prevented with a vaccination called an mmr vaccination which is an immunization against measles mumps and rubella.
The red measles causes red and sensitive eyes so a darkened room is more comfortable.
