Question

Two weeks after returning from a trip to mexico, a 25-year-old man had arthralgia (joint aches) and a mild rash that started on his face and spread to his body. He recalled that he had felt as if he had the flu a few days before the onset of the rash. The rash disappeared in 4 days. 1. What features of this case pointed to the diagnosis of rubella infection

Answer 1

Actually, Rubella infection occurs when as an infection from a virus called rubella virus and takes the shape of measles. This is even termed as German measles and is common in North American origins i.e. Mexico etc.

There are red rashes on the skin when one gets this. In this case we found that there was a rash on the person's face.

People i.e. men who suffer from this have a mild flu or fever as In this case, it can be prevented through vaccination.

There are issues of headache, body pain, rashes etc all of which are more or less common in this case too.