Maculopapular Rashes Flashcards
Measles:
What does ND mean?
ND = notifiable disease
Measles:
How is it spread?
Droplets
Measles:
Incubation
7-12 days
Measles:
What are the 4 C’s that indicate a child might have measles?
Cough
Corzya
Conjunctivitis
Cranky
Measles:
What type of virus causes measles?
RNA - from the morbillivirus genus
Measles:
When is measles highly infectious?
4 days before and 4 days after rash onset
Measles:
Type of rash? Where does it start and spread to?
What is the prodrome for measles? - 2
Maculopapular rash that spreads from behind the ears to whole body, including palms and soles.
Fever and 4C’s - corzya, conjunctivitis, cough and koplik spots
Measles:
Investigations?
Serum IgM and/or throat swab PCR
Measles:
Management for patient
Rest
Oral fluids
Paracetamol
Isolate patient if hospitalized
Measles:
Post-exposure prophylaxis - when?
- Who tends to get this?
- What is given to infants under 12 months
- What is given to infants 6-12 months who are under 72 hours of exposure?
- What is given to severely immunocomprimised people?
- What should be done for unvaccinated pregnancy women?
Within 6 days for vulnerable contacts
IMIG - Intramuscular Immune Globulin (IMIG)
MMR
IVIG
Check IgG and give IVIG if negative
Measles:
Complications of measles
- Resp
- ENT
- CNS - during/post infection and years later
- Liver
- Something specific in children to do with temperature
- In utero
Giant cell pneumonia - commonest cause of death
Otitis media
Acute meningitis (during/post infection)
Encephalitis (during/post infection)
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (years later)
Hepatitis
Febrile convulsions
Fetal malformations
Mumps:
How is it spread?
Droplets and saliva
Droplets
14-21 days
Mumps:
How long does immunity last?
A lifetime once infected
Mumps:
Infectivity before and after infection?
7 days before
9 days after
Mumps:
Signs
Prodromal malaise
Pyrexia
Painful parotid swelling and may become bilateral