Rubella
Heaven Dodds
What is Rubella?
Rebella is an infection that affects your skin and lymph nodes. Rubella can also be known as '' German Measles. '' It is a rash that normally spreads from your face or anything below.
Causes & Complications
Rubella is caused by a highly contagious virus. the complication about it is that every time you inhale or touch secretions from an infected person, you will get it.
Test or Treat
If you get a positive test for Rubella that is good. It mean that your immune system is not capable of getting infected with Rubella. To treat Rubella you need to watch the fever, pain, you need to drink plenty of fluids, cold-like symptoms, and you need to make sure that you are avoiding the spread of the infection.
Prevention
If you are are pregnant you need to make sue that your child will be okay so that he/she does not get it. If someone else has rubella you need to make sure that you do not go around them so that they do not give it to you. You need a vaccination before you travel anywhere.
Work Cited
Mayo Clinic Foundaion, March 20, 2015
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, About Rubella, Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention, December 17, 2014, October 13, 2015
November 23, 1990