false measles?
Posted 12-09-2007 at 02:26 PM by sleepymama
High fever of over 39 degree Celsius got us worried sick for our 15 month-old baby last week! Brought him to the PD twice, once on Monday and once on Wednesday!
Did a blood test and dengue test. Thank God dengue test was negative. Blood test revealed a virus. PD suspected it to be false measles!
What is false meales? High fever for about 3 days which after subsiding will see rashes appear all over the body! This was exactly what happened to boy boy! His fever stopped by the end of Day 3 and his body broke out in red rashes all over covering the sides of his face, body, shoulders, hands and legs.
The rashes began to subside after the second day they appeared. Now, after one week, he's back to normal - regained his appetite and playfulness and sleeping much better at night too!
An episode that terrorised us when we felt so helpless and worried, we are thankful our baby is well again now!
Did a blood test and dengue test. Thank God dengue test was negative. Blood test revealed a virus. PD suspected it to be false measles!
What is false meales? High fever for about 3 days which after subsiding will see rashes appear all over the body! This was exactly what happened to boy boy! His fever stopped by the end of Day 3 and his body broke out in red rashes all over covering the sides of his face, body, shoulders, hands and legs.
The rashes began to subside after the second day they appeared. Now, after one week, he's back to normal - regained his appetite and playfulness and sleeping much better at night too!
An episode that terrorised us when we felt so helpless and worried, we are thankful our baby is well again now!
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 | oh...this happen to my dd last month when she is abt 15mths too... almost exactly the same what u descrip... only that her fever sub at 4th day.. I was very2 worry abt her during that few days... |
Posted 14-09-2007 at 03:46 PM by leesm105  |
| |  False measles is actually Roseola is caused by Herpes virus-6 Herpes virus-7 and that once rash appear, fever will go off. And the rashes will clear in 24-48 hours and for some like 72 hours and it is very common for toddler under 2 year old. |
| Posted 21-10-2007 at 06:05 PM by priscilla |
| |  !!! my boy just reached 15mths and had fever after his MMR jab and now he is covered with spots! |
| Posted 24-02-2008 at 10:50 AM by jedamum |
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