Rubella

Rubella: Introduction

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Rubella: A contagious viral infection caused by the Rubella virus which produces a rash and lymph node swelling. It can have serious implication in pregnant women as the virus can be transmitted through the placenta and cause serious fetal defects or even fetal death. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Rubella is available below.

Symptoms of Rubella

• Stage 1: fever and related symptoms (often mild and sometimes not even noticed in adults):
  • Mild fever
  • Headache
  • Shivering
  • Swollen lymph glands
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 25 symptoms of Rubella

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Rubella:

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  • Home Drug Tests
  • Sleep Apnea Tests
  • Home Strep A Tests
  • Home Hearing Tests
  • Home Ear Infection Tests
• Cold & Flu: Home Testing:
  • Home Fever Tests
  • Home Ear Infection Test Kits
  • Home Flu Tests
• more tests...»

Rubella: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Rubella:

• Miscarriage
• Rubella congenital syndrome
• Joint pain
• Arthritis
• Low blood platelet level
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Rubella

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Rubella

• Rubella virus antibody blood test
• more tests...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Rubella?

• Misdiagnosis of Rubella
• Failure to diagnose Rubella
• Undiagnosed: Rubella

Rubella: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Child Health Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Autism -- Undiagnosed
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Whooping Cough -- Undiagnosed
  • Croup -- Undiagnosed
  • Appendicitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Sleep Apnea -- Undiagnosed
  • Middle Ear Infection -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Rubella

Mild worm infections undiagnosed in children: Human worm infestations, esp. threadworm, can be overlooked in some cases, because it may cause only mild or even absent symptoms. Although the most common symptoms are anal itch (or ...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can...read more »

Ross river fever an epidemic polyarthritic condition: Ross river fever is prevalent in mosquito prone areas and in tropical regions. It can occur in all age groups but presents most commonly between...read more »

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Rubella: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Baby & Newborn Health Specialists:
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Child Health Specialists (Pediatrics):
  • Pediatrics (Child Health Specialist)
  • Adolescent Medicine (Teen Health)
  • Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatry (Child/Teen Mental Health)
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (Child Allergies / Immune Diseases)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Pediatric Dentistry (Child Dental Health)
  • Pediatric Dermatology (Child Skin Health)
  • Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health (Child Behavior)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatric Endocrinology (Child Hormones)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine
  • Pediatric Medical Toxicology (Child Poisoning)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Specialists)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Rubella

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Rubella:

• Child Health (Pediatrics) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Rubella, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Causes of Rubella

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Treatments for Rubella

• Symptomatic and supportive treatment
• Bed rest
• Fluids
• Normal diet
• Mild pain relief - if needed
• more treatments...»

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News Archives for Rubella

Medical news articles related to Rubella include:

• Teen Stress May Have Roots in First Three Years of Life
• Obama Administration Might Recommend Three Flu Shots for Americans This Fall
• Three Drinks a Day Doubles Risk of Tremor
• Seasons Arriving 2 Days Earlier, Study Says
• Europe Unlikely to Meet Measles Goals: Report
• Worldwide Measles Deaths Drop Dramatically
• Heartbeat Might One Day Power Pacemakers
• Health Tip: Protecting Your Child at Day Care
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

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Patient Surveys for Rubella

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Prognosis for Rubella

Prognosis for Rubella: Not usually serious (self-limiting) except in pregnant women whose child may get congenital rubella syndrome

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Reseach about Rubella

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Clinical Trials for Rubella

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Rubella include:

• Rubella Susceptibility in Multiparous Women - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• A Study of 2 Doses of Menactra, a Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Healthy Toddlers - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Assess GSK Biologicals' MMR Vaccine (Priorix) When Given to Healthy Children at the Age of 12 to 18 Months in Singapore. - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Immunogenicity and Safety of Hepatitis A Vaccine Given at the Same Time of Measles, Mumps, Rubella Combined Vaccine - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Immunogenicity and Safety of a Combined Vaccine to Prevent Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Chickenpox Diseases - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 21 Clinical Trials for Rubella

Prevention of Rubella

Prevention information for Rubella has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Rubella.

• Rubella vaccination
• MMR vaccination - this contains the rubella vaccine.
• Passive rubella immunisation - possibly useful for non-immune pregnant women who have been exposed.
• Rubella blood test prior to conception - non-immune women may need to be vaccinated before conception; but cannot be vaccinated if pregnant or possibly-pregnant.
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Rubella

• Medical statistics for Rubella
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Rubella
• Death and Mortality statistics for Rubella
• Society statistics for Rubella

Rubella: Broader Related Topics

• Viral diseases
• Vaccine-preventable diseases
• Diseases contagious from droplets
• more types...»

Types of Rubella

Stories from Users Related to Rubella

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• 4 days of tests found nothing...
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Article Excerpts about Rubella

Measles, mumps, and rubella were once very common diseases in the United States, but they have become rare because of the use of vaccines to prevent them. As with many other diseases, measles, mumps, and rubella generally are more severe in adults than in children. Most adults are immune to all three infections because they had them (or a vaccine) as children. (Source: excerpt from Shots for Safety - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

Definitions of Rubella:

Acute infectious disease caused by the rubella virus and most often affecting children and nonimmune young adults, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and spreads to the lymphatic system; ; usually benign; however transplacental infection of the fetus in the first trimester can cause death or severe developmental abnormalities. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Rubella is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Rubella, or a subtype of Rubella, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)