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German Measles (Rubella) Learning Center
Treatments could include:
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Supportive Care
- Isolation of Infect...
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There is no treatment for this disease. Patients can take acetaminophen to reduce fever. Defects that occur with congenital rubella syndrome can be treated.
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There is no drug treatment for rubella. Bed rest, fluids, and acetaminophen for pain and temperatures over 102°F (38.9°C) are usually all that is necessary. Babies born with suspected CRS are isolated and cared for only by people who are sure they...
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There is no drug treatment for rubella. Bed rest, fluids, and acetaminophen for pain and temperatures over 102°F (38.9°C) are usually all that is necessary. Babies born with suspected CRS are isolated and cared for only by people who are sure they...
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Rather than vaccinating a healthy child against rubella, some alternative practitioners recommend allowing the child to contract the disease naturally at the age of five or six years, since the immunity conferred by contracting the disease natural...
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Isolation refers to the precautions that are taken in the hospital to prevent the spread of an infectious agent from an infected or colonized patient to susceptible persons.
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