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Suggest Treatment For Measles
WWW.WWWW.WW think my son is infected with measles. He is 2 year 8 months old now. He's received all required immunizations up till he is 2 years old, and then when he is about 2 year and 2 months old, we moved from USA to Indonesia.This morning when I picked him up from his pre-school, I found red blotchy skin on his forehead. I suspected that he got measles after learning that the symptoms also include runny nose and cough, which is what my son has been dealing with these past few days, but he doesn't have fever. Should I go to doctor immediately?
Thu, 12 Mar 2015
Hello,
Welcome to HCM.
I understand your concern for your son.
If your son has received all the vaccines up to age of 2 year, he should have received 2 shots of measles which will give adequate immunity with efficacy of 95%. This means chances of having measles is very less. Over and above, its extremely rare to have measles without fever.
The rash on the forehead should be due to some other reason like sun burn, seborrhic dermatitis or something else. Cough and running nose may be due to some viral infection or allergy.
Hope this will be helpful.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Take care.
Welcome to HCM.
I understand your concern for your son.
If your son has received all the vaccines up to age of 2 year, he should have received 2 shots of measles which will give adequate immunity with efficacy of 95%. This means chances of having measles is very less. Over and above, its extremely rare to have measles without fever.
The rash on the forehead should be due to some other reason like sun burn, seborrhic dermatitis or something else. Cough and running nose may be due to some viral infection or allergy.
Hope this will be helpful.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Take care.
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