What to do if your 8-month-old baby has measles?

The baby's body is very prone to problems, especially babies of a few months old are prone to some serious skin diseases, which affect the health of the body. Among them, skin diseases are major problems that affect the healthy development of babies in a timely manner. For example, measles is a skin disease with a very high incidence rate, which has a great impact on the baby's body. Let's take a look at what to do if an 8-month-old baby has measles?

Urticaria is a skin disease caused by allergens and other factors that causes dilation of small blood vessels in the skin and mucous membranes, increased permeability, and localized, transient edema, accompanied by itching. It is necessary to find the allergens as much as possible.

If you have been vaccinated against measles, the possibility of contracting measles is very small. Since most people now receive a combined measles-rubella vaccine, the possibility of contracting rubella is not high. The more common disease now is roseola infantum, which is also a rash-related infectious disease.

Roseola infantum, also known as roseola infantum, is an acute infectious disease in children caused by a virus. Clinically, it is characterized by sudden onset of fever and rash after the fever subsides. This disease was called "milk numbness" or "false numbness" in ancient times. It is caused by exogenous wind-heat evil, which accumulates in the skin and stagnates with qi and blood.

The baby first has a high fever that lasts for 3 to 4 days, with a body temperature between 39 and 40 degrees. After the fever subsides, a rash quickly appears all over the body, and the rash disappears quickly, without desquamation or pigmentation. These babies also have fever before the rash appears, and the fever can be quite high, but the symptoms of a cold are not obvious. Their spirits and appetite are still good. Their throats may be a little red, and the lymph nodes in the neck and occipital region can be felt but are not tender. There are no other symptoms or physical signs. When the body temperature is about to subside or has already subsided and a rose-red rash appears all over the body, people suddenly realize that the roseola infantum is almost over. Roseola infantum has no effect on the baby's health, and once it occurs, the baby will be immune for life.

There is no specific treatment for this disease, and antibiotics are ineffective. Only symptomatic treatment is needed. When you have a high fever, are irritable or easily startled, you can use antipyretic sedatives. If the high fever persists, you need to drink more fluids, such as boiled water, vegetable soup, fruit juice, etc.

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