german measles - symptons and what to do, if necessary please.

[firemaiden]

A notice went up at the beginning of the week at nursery saying that a sibling of one of the children at my son's nursery has german measles. Today, ds was sick in the night and this morning. He then had a long sleep and has just woken with a temp. of 37.7. I've given Calpol and hope this is nothing more than an end of the term bug. Just in case, it isn't, what symptons should I look for in him or his 6 month old sister? If it makes any difference, he has had the MMR but not the booster (he is 3.6yrs).

TIA for support and advice

Just read this
It says after a temperature of 37.2-37.8 a rash starts on the face and spreads downwards.

some info here

Thanks, I hadn't come across either of those sites and suspect I will be using them quite a lot. Nice to know that if german measles does develop, I hopefully shouldn't have to bother the doctor or go to the hopeless, hopeless, NHS direct.

DD got Rubella at about 11 months and we rished her off to the night Dr at the local hospital to be told, "give her calpol". We'd obviously done the glass on rash test ourselves and she was diagnosed as "probably having rubella".

Hope your ds gets well soon.

actually rubella can be very difficult to diagnose and the symptoms can be easily confused/mistaken.
If you suspect rubella, then personally I would speak to any woman of child bearing age that you may come into contact with, just in case. Not just those who have told you they are pregnant, because the greatest potential damage can be done in v early pregnancy.

Will do, was very conscious of this when I was pregnant so very aware for others. Good point about the fact that the symptoms can be mistaken. I'd better not assume it is rubella - the glass test on a rash is a really helpful reminder. Can't believe I didn't think of that - it's shocking what shortage of sleep can do to your mind!

i didnt have the preg prob when my ds had rubella, thank fully i have had it and am now immune