Do You Think Your Child has Measles?

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• Alternative Title:
  Do You Think Your Child has Measles? [English]
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Division of Viral Diseases ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Description:
  What to do if you think your child has measles: Measles usually starts with a fever, cough, runny nose, and red eyes that leads to a rash. If someone in your family has measles symptoms. Keep them away from family members that are not sick. Everyone in the house should stay home to not get your neighbors or people outside of your home sick. Call a doctor or hospital right away to let them know someone in your home is sick with measles. They will give you instructions.
  
  When to go to the emergency room: If the person who is sick gets rapidly worse or has any of symptoms below take them to the emergency department of a hospital immediately. Do Not Wait! Have someone call before you arrive. Let the hospital know a person with measles is coming.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Publication date estimated from document properties or from webpage description.
• Subjects:
  Emergency Room Visits Health Communication Measles Measles Vaccine Measles Virus Vaccination Vaccines
• Series:
  Be Ready for Measles Toolkit   ; Be Ready for Measles  
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
• Division:
  DVD - Division of Viral Diseases
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6aaf70852edfd4a1ee0c6851a8255915495d57e746fc3761095ffe986614a3681d7853378d8264b7ccfde6485ea1417392bcd3e39a851312cc4b1fca76b8beb1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/257200/cdc_257200_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 228.53 KB ]