German Measles Dark Room

As soon as my measles was over i came down with german measles.

German measles dark room.

Prognosis for german measles. Children with measles often develop high temperature and i note from your query that you are already attending to that. One study estimates that measles causes up to 60 000 cases of blindness a year globally. 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.

How long does it take to recover from measles. They thought light was bad for sick children s eyes. Rubella commonly known as german measles or 3 day measles is an infection that mostly affects the skin and lymph nodes. But my parents were fearful of epidemics.

Rubella is generally a mild disease in children and is often referred to as the 3 day measles. Measles infections can harm the front or back of the eye possibly causing vision loss or blindness. It is caused by the rubella virus not the same virus that causes measles. I had rubella and had to stay in bed for several days in a darkened room.

It seems like something you d at least hear about if it were true. The red measles causes red and sensitive eyes so a darkened room is more comfortable. 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.

By the next day i was so sick i didn t mind. She claims that when you have the measles if you get hit by sunlight you can go blind. Rubella spreads when people breathe in virus infected fluid such as the droplets sprayed into. At school in first through 8th grades i had classmates who suffered from scarlet fever mumps measles german measles chicken pox and whooping cough.

Prevention of german measles. I ve never heard anything relating to this before. It is not necessary to keep the child in a dark room. The dark room was necessary so i didn t go blind.

Rubella can be prevented with a vaccination called an mmr vaccination which is an immunization against measles mumps and rubella. She had measles when she was 9 and had to sit in a dark room for seven full days and nights to avoid blindness.