Rubella

Rubella's disease overview

What is

rubella? Rubella is an acute infection due to a virus infection characterized by the erythema manifestation. Rubella is usually not dangerous for children and adults, but Rubella is especially dangerous for pregnant women in the first three months. When the virus is transmitted from mother to child in this period, it can lead to future fetal defects.

Causes of Rubella's disease

Rubella causing the Rubella virus belongs to Rubivirus, the Togaviridae family. This is a virus that exists only and multiplying in the body, the resistance of the Rubella virus is also very weak and easy to lose its infection by agents such as temperature, light and common antiseptic drugs. >

Symptoms of Rubella's disease

Patients may have no symptoms when suffering from rubella, usually after 2-3 weeks of exposure, Symptoms of Rubella measles have appeared:

Diseases onset with mild fever, headache, fatigue, secretion of rhinitis and eye conjunctivitis.

After that, the patient may swell the lymph nodes behind the ears, occipital, after the neck and then proceed to the rash for about 5-10 days

The original appeared on the face, then spread to the whole body. However, 50% of cases have no rash, so it is easy to confuse with other illnesses

Rubella's possible complications: joint pain in young women or encephalitis complications in adults

Rubella, although hidden, is still very dangerous for pregnant women in the first 3 months because it will cause the fetus to die, premature or have a congenital rubella syndrome with serious defects. Such as: deaf, cataracts, meningitis- liver, ...

People at risk for Rubella's disease

All people who do not have immunity with Rubella are at risk. The crowded residential areas can be a favorable condition to increase the risk of disease.

People who go to other countries or the epidemic region are also at risk of Rubella

In Vietnam, the group of people at risk of rubella is highly included in children, teenagers and young people. So these people need to be vaccinated for Rubella vaccine to prevent disease

Prevention of Rubella's disease

Rubella has no specific treatment, so actively vaccinating Rubella is still the best way to prevent disease

Because of the danger level of Rubella, with pregnant women need:

Vaccine vaccination is the most effective measure to prevent congenital Rubella syndrome

Limit contact with patients with fever, rash or children with congenital rubella syndrome

If pregnant women in the first months of fever, rash needs medical facilities immediately for examination, testing, diagnosis and timely advice for drought. Processing of the disease.

Diagnostic measures for Rubella's disease

Rubella measles is diagnosed mainly based on clinicals with manifestations: headache, fatigue, discomfort, mild fever, anorexia. Then manifest measles rash, swelling of lymph nodes behind the ears, occipital and after neck.

Diagnosis tests include: Elisa (+) or isolation of Rubella (+)

virus

Rubella's disease treatments

So far, the process of disease development and autoimmune Rubella has not had a shortened way, if infected, the patient's body will self -resistance and immunity to permanent illness

The main treatment is to reduce symptoms such as antipyretic or analgesic, can use topical creams if itchy.

If you are pregnant, your doctor may prescribe Rubella antigen (Hyperimmune Globulin) to help the mother self -resistance to the virus but the child is still at risk of birth defects. >

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