When I was elementary school age, my family had a book How Life Begins or something like that, written for adults, but that never stopped me. It detailed the development of the human embryo, and there was an entire chapter devoted to birth defects. It showed what happened to the developing fetus if the mother contracted German measles, the telltale sign of which was a very triangular head.
A few years later in 7th grade, when I first saw Karl, I knew his mother had German measles when she was pregnant with him. The triangular head was a dead giveaway; the hearing aid, small size of his body, and thick glasses only confirmed my suspicions. At least he wasn’t mentally retarded.
German measles, also known as rubella, is a disease commonly vaccinated against. It is the R in the MMR vaccine. (The other two are measles and mumps.) As with the previous articles on polio and diphtheria, the following information comes directly from The Ship’s Medicine Chest and Medical Aid at Sea, a US government publication. Additional information from other sources will be provided in notes at the conclusion of the article citation.
Incubation Period: 14-21 days (usually 18 days).
Isolation Period: 7 days after temperature returns to normal.
German measles usually is a mild, acute, highly infectious viral disease, sometimes called three-day measles. If a woman develops German measles during the early months of pregnancy, there is a great risk of a spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, or the child may be born with birth defects. The disease is common among children and young adults.
The first sign usually is a rose-pink rash that does not appear until the fourth day, which may resemble measles or scarlet fever. However, there is no sore throat or pallor around the mouth as found in scarlet fever.
The rash of German measles may be accompanied or followed by a general feeling of bodily discomfort, headache, symptoms of a common cold, eye soreness, stiffness of joints, tender swollen glands at the sides and back of the neck, and a slight fever about 102 degrees F (38.8 degrees C). The rash usually lasts about three days and the temperature may go to 104 degrees F (40 degrees C). The temperature will drop to normal as the rash fades.
Treatment
There is no specific therapy for German measles. Treatment should be symptomatic, the same as
for measles. Medical advice by radio
should be obtained. [This concludes the citation from The Ship's Medicine Chest.]
Notes: Administer acetaminophen for headache and fever.
German measles poses the greatest risk to the fetuses of unvaccinated pregnant women. Complications include a 20% chance of at least one of the following: deafness, cataracts, heart defects, and mental retardation.[1]
In a collapsed society, unvaccinated girls or women who are not pregnant should try to contract German measles before becoming pregnant.[2]
Isatis is the herb to use for treating German measles. Honey and/or coconut oil may offer some benefit.[3, 4]
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References:
The Ship’s Medicine Chest and Medical Aid at Sea, 1978, 181.
[1] Cynthia Koelker, Armageddon Medicine, 236
[2] David Werner, Where There Is No Doctor, 312.
[3] Stephen Buhner, Herbal Antivirals, 201, 206, 253.
[4] Stephen Buhner, Herbal Antibiotics, 189.
11.27.22
childhood innoculations for rubella and the other common diseases is a tried-for mandatory in the US >>> not so in the 3rd World countries - countries contributing the largest numbers of illegals trying to enter the US and Europe ....
ReplyDeletedefinitely a post-SHTF concern with the children born post SHTF or adults that choose not to medically prep fully - no medical care and it would run rampant among the survivors .....
It's all part of their plan for us.
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