Hello everyone, I'm new to Mumsnet and just wondered if anyone has had a similar experience...
Just a bit of background first - I have identical twin boys (DS1 & DS2) who were born 2 1/2 months premature. They're almost 17 months old now (14 1/2 months corrected). They did have their initial vaccines @ 2, 3 and 4 months. However, they have not had their MMR yet. DH and I are not anti-vaccination but obviously with all the controversy about the MMR we want to do as much research as we can before we make a decision. We do understand that they are at risk from these diseases whilst we are taking our time deciding but at the same time we want to fully understand the risks involved with having the vaccines and where to have them should we decide on singles. Also, because they were premature we feel we should wait a little longer so they are a bit stronger.
I don't want this to start a debate about vaccinating - I know everyone has different views on the whole subject but I just wanted to start by describing how we feel about it so far.
Anyway, what happened is, last Monday DS2 suddenly started with a high temperature which lasted until Wednesday evening. I gave him Calpol which did help and apart from his temperature he seemed OK. He was a little slower with his food and drink but nothing to worry about.
When he woke on Thursday, his temperature had returned to normal however he started with a rash on his stomach, back and some on his face. He did get a viral rash all over just after Christmas which lasted for about two weeks. This rash looked similar but by Friday morning his eyes were a bit puffy and the rash was all over his face. It was a pinkish rash, spotty in some areas and blotchy in others. However, he was fine in himself, still no temperature, laughing, giggling, playing and eating well!
Obviously I was still very worried and took him to the doctors. When the doctor seen him he said it was measles, even though he said it was quite rare and he had only seen one other case in the past year. I explained that he was otherwise well and had no other symptoms of measles except for the rash and temperature but he just gave me some printed information about it and told me about the complications. He also said he would have to report it to the Public Health and they would be in touch to do some mouth swabs to confirm it.
However, yesterday morning I got up expecting the rash to have spread even more but it had started to fade and his face was almost clear. Today it has disappeared completely??
I thought a child would be quite poorly with measles? Having done a bit of research myself, I understand there is another virus called Roseola which used to be confused with measles however its main characteristic is that the temperature suddenly stops and the rash starts. His symptoms seemed to relate to this more so than measles.
Could it be Roseola? Can you get measles mildly? I am worried about his twin brother catching whatever it was. Has anyone had a similar experience?
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Anyone heard of 'Roseola' or is it 'Measles'?
Mollie2403 · 13/02/2005 15:12
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