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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 649062" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Rubella (German Measles) has an incubation period of two to three weeks, and the patient is usually contagious without symptoms for at least one week. Do you know how many pregnant women a person infected with Rubella might encounter in a week? Those women may not know they are pregnant or may be unable to take the vaccine themselves for other medical reasons.</p><p></p><p>Rubella can cause congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in the newborn. The syndrome (CRS) follows intrauterine infection by the rubella virus and comprises cardiac, cerebral, ophthalmic and auditory defects. It may also cause prematurity, low birth weight, and neonatal thrombocytopenia, anemia and hepatitis. The risk of major defects or organogenesis is highest for infection in the first trimester. CRS is the main reason a vaccine for rubella was developed.</p><p></p><p>Many mothers who contract rubella within the first critical trimester either have a miscarriage or a still born baby. If the baby survives the infection, it can be born with severe heart disorders, blindness, deafness, or other life-threatening organ disorders. The skin manifestations are called "blueberry muffin lesions".</p><p></p><p>About 10,000 cases of this condition occur each year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 649062, member: 99"] Rubella (German Measles) has an incubation period of two to three weeks, and the patient is usually contagious without symptoms for at least one week. Do you know how many pregnant women a person infected with Rubella might encounter in a week? Those women may not know they are pregnant or may be unable to take the vaccine themselves for other medical reasons. Rubella can cause congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in the newborn. The syndrome (CRS) follows intrauterine infection by the rubella virus and comprises cardiac, cerebral, ophthalmic and auditory defects. It may also cause prematurity, low birth weight, and neonatal thrombocytopenia, anemia and hepatitis. The risk of major defects or organogenesis is highest for infection in the first trimester. CRS is the main reason a vaccine for rubella was developed. Many mothers who contract rubella within the first critical trimester either have a miscarriage or a still born baby. If the baby survives the infection, it can be born with severe heart disorders, blindness, deafness, or other life-threatening organ disorders. The skin manifestations are called "blueberry muffin lesions". About 10,000 cases of this condition occur each year. [/QUOTE]
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