Question 1

can you die from rubella?

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Almost never: However, it is several days of misery, and if you are pregnant, it is likely that your unborn child will end up blind and/or deaf and/or seriously deformed and/or mentally handicapped.  Before immunization, when one girl in a community came down with "german measles", all the other girls would be invited to a slumber party with her in hopes they'd catch it and thus be immune.

Question 2

how can rubella be controlled?

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Yes: Make sure you and you children are vaccinated.

Question 3

what does rubella reactive means?

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Immunity: It means you've had rubella or the vaccine and cannot be infected.

Question 4

what happens when you get rubella?

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Here is a great: article by Mayo Clinic:  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rubella/basics/symptoms/con-20020067

Question 5

can you clarify what rubella really is?

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German Measles: There are 2 types of measles, rubella (german measles) and rubeola (big measles).Rubella is bad because it can really harm a fetus by miscarrage or birth defects.Please get the MMR vaccine and vaccinate your kids.

Question 6

can you live a normal life with rubella?

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Confusing question: When rubella is experienced as an infection as a kid or adult, it is a relatively mild illness that lasts a few days and usually has few if any long term issues.If experienced in pregnancy, the fetus may abort or experience mild to severe complications. This can include being born deaf ; blind, with injury to other organs.

Question 7

what are the symptoms you get with rubella?

Accepted Answer

Mild: Rubella, or german measles, can cause rash and fever for 2-3 days which is usually mild in children and young adults and improves without any specific treatment.

Question 8

what does a postive result for rubella mean?

Accepted Answer

You have antibodies: This test looks for evidence that you either had the disease or a successful vaccine. The presence of antibodies in the blood will turn the test positive, and most will consider a certain level of antibody as protective, while if low might indicate for a vaccine booster.

Question 9

what is the definition or description of: rubella?

Accepted Answer

Rubella: Rubella is generally a benign communicable exanthematous disease.  The major complication of rubella is its teratogenic effects when pregnant women contract the disease, especially in the early weeks of gestation. Because of the successful immunization program in the US since 1969, rubella infection and congenital rubella syndrome rarely are seen today.

Question 10

what does it mean when tested for rubella it's reactive?

Accepted Answer

You have antibodies: This test looks for evidence that you either had the disease or a successful vaccine. The presence of antibodies in the blood will turn the test positive, and most will consider a certain level of antibody as protective, while if low might indicate for a vaccine booster.

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