Rubella
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Rubella

  • Age:
    • Vaccination of children aged 1 and 6 years

Description of the disease

Rubella is an acute viral infection that causes inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. Possible complications: otitis, sore throat, pneumonia, arthritis, pathological inflammatory processes of the central nervous system (meningitis, encephalitis). During pregnancy, rubella is very dangerous for the fetus. Method of transmission: airborne, from mother to fetus, through toys, household items. Cases of infection occur more often in the warm season.

  • Treatment

    Treatment is symptomatic: bed rest, balanced diet, with a mild form does not require hospitalization.

  • Prevention

    Prevention is vaccination , which provides protection for 10 years.

  • Symptoms

    The incubation period is 11-25 days, after which symptoms appear:

    • Malaise, headache
    • A rash in the form of rounded red-pink spots that pass after a few days (first on the face, neck, scalp, behind the ears, then spread to the whole body, except for the palms and soles)
    • Fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, enlarged lymph nodes

  • Diagnostics

    Diagnosis - clinical picture, laboratory blood test for the presence of specific antibodies.