How do you take care of rubella?

How do you take care of rubella?

Relieving symptoms

1. Controlling fever and relieving pain. Paracetamol or ibuprofen can be used to reduce a high temperature (fever) and relieve any aches or pains if your child’s uncomfortable.
2. Drink plenty of fluids.
3. Treating sore eyes.
4. Treating cold-like symptoms.

What is the prevention of rubella?

Rubella can be prevented with MMR vaccine. This protects against three diseases: measles, mumps, and rubella. CDC recommends children get two doses of MMR vaccine, starting with the first dose at 12 through 15 months of age, and the second dose at 4 through 6 years of age.

Can rubella be cured during pregnancy?

Since there is no cure, it is important for women to get vaccinated before they get pregnant.

What happens if Rubella IgG is high in pregnancy?

But a woman infected with the rubella virus during pregnancy can transmit the disease to her baby (fetus). And serious birth defects called congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) could develop, especially during the first trimester.

How long does rubella IgG last?

In acute rubella virus infections, specific, low-avidity IgG lasts for up to three months after appearance of the IgG response. The presence of high avidity antibodies, which develop by about three months after infection, provides evidence of remote infection.

How can rubella be prevented during pregnancy?

Get the MMR vaccination after you give birth. Being protected from the infection means you can’t pass it to your baby before she gets her own MMR vaccination at about 12 months. It also prevents you from passing rubella to your baby during a future pregnancy.

What is the name of the virus that causes rubella?

The disease is caused by the rubella virus, in the genus Rubivirus from the family Matonaviridae, that is enveloped and has a single-stranded RNA genome. The virus is transmitted by the respiratory route and replicates in the nasopharynx and lymph nodes.