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Could Rashes On Skin With Fever In A Child Be Measles?
YES, MY GRANDBABY WAS JUST HERE. HE HAS A SKIN RASH FROM FEVER. HE WENT TO SAINT JOSEPH S HOSPITAL SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS FEVER. I m IN PATERSON NEW JERSEY. MY GRANDDAUGHTER JUST SAID --- LOOK AT THIS ( HE HAS RED BUMPS ALL OVER HIS CHEST. THEY ARE BEGINING TO FORM ON HIS BACK-- LOOKS AS THOUGH THEY ARE ON HIS LEGS AND OTHER PARTS OF HIS BODY. I m CONCERN -- HE BEGAN TO RUB OR SCRATCH HIS CHEST AS THOUGH THEY WERE IRRIATING HIM. advise I KNOW THERE IS AN OUTBREAK OF MEASLES. RESPOND. YYYY@YYYY