Of Campak Palsu?

My Sarah is not feeling well. She's down with fever since monday. Macam tak percaya that she got fever because that night, she happily play with her walker before bedtime. Suddenly at 3.00am, I felt like touching her forehead and my goodness, panasnye. At that time, her temperature was 37.4 degree. Although tak tinggi sangat tapi saya dah macam nak nangis. Cecepat bagi dia makan ubat and pagi tu at 6.00 am, her temperture dropped to 36.4 degree. Dah normal lah tu..

Tengah bergembira dengan walker dia..

Pagi tu pergi kerja dengan penuh semangat. Ye lah, first day of work for this week kan.. But before I left her wih Mak Rose, siap pesan that if anything happen to her cepat2 call saya ok. And at 12 noon, she called. Saying that badan sarah panas sangat. Kelam kabut kat opis. Terus amik EL and have to cancel one meeting that afternoon. Kami tak dapat bawak Sarah jumpa her usual paed coz the clinic was closed. So we went to the nearby Putra Medical Centre instead. Tak best jumpa doctor biasa sebab her explanation tak detail. She prescribed Sarah with ubat demam, batuk, selsema dan antibiotik. This time Sarah dah ok sikit makan ubat walaupun at times, dia meronta-ronta. I tasted semua ubat2 tuh..Yikkss..pahitnyer.. After a day, which means on wednesday. sarah pun dah ok. Cuma dia kurang nak minum susu. Tapi laju kalau makan bubur nasi atau biscuits.
Tapi pagi ni, suddenly i notice a few red dots at her forehead and neck. Cam tak sedap hati tapi sebab tak tahu ingat rash biasa aja. Siap2 pi kerja as usual. ( I wasted 20 minutes to decide which baju to wear. Sebab Friday dan boleh pakai casual smart. Memula pakai pants tapi baju suma pendek, nampak butt yang makin melebar. Oh tidakkkk!!, pastu tuka baju itu, baju ini, and at last pakai uniform ajer.. cit.. the wisest choice for today), Oh anyways, sampai rumah Mak Rose, terus dia cakap, eh kenapa sarah ni, and bila selak baju pun nampak few red dots. Macam kena campak aje... Saya dah seriau dah..campak??? tapi Mak Rose suh saya pergi kerja dulu and if anything dia akan call saya. Tapi macam mana lah kan mama nak pergi kerja pastu tinggalkan sarah dengan red dots yang banyak begitu. So, i decided to take EL (again).Nasib baik cuti tahun ni ada 13 hari lagi. This time, kami nak bawa sarah ke paed sebab clinic dia bukak pukul 9.30 am.

We went to see the paed and she asked us many questions like dah baper lama demam, baper lama dah stop, makan,minum sarah macam mana and everything, She checked her throat, ear,lung, eyes and also skin condition. Sarah a bit uncomfortable. She cried a lot and out loud. Then paed came out with an answer,

"She is okay, Nothing is wrong with her" apa Doc? we asked for an explanations. Actually, this condition semua baby pun akan kena. Apabila tumbuh rashes selepas a few days after recover from fever, ini menandakan bahawa sistem imunisasi badan baby telah develop. Sepatutnya, mommy tak perlu risau. Ini adalah good sign bahawa baby punye tumbesaran berjalan dengan baik. Keadaan ini dinamakan Rosacea Infants ape tah. That's why dia akan attact infants (0 to 1 setengah tahun)

" Bukan campak ke doc?" we asked her back. Ini bukan campak. Sekiranya demam campak, simptom2nya:-

- demam with red dots (sarah tak demam lagi tapi ada red dots)

- mata merah dan berair. Kalau mata putih dan berair bukan ya. (Sarah takde)

- Baby lesu. (Sarah active!)

- Tak nak makan, minum susu dan air putih (Sarah cuma kurang minum susu aje)

But even if kena demam campak pun, So what? Kita pun kena kan masa kecil dulu. Tetapi dulu kita takde vaksin untuk demam campak. Sekarang ada.. Tambah paed ni lagi.. Ini dinamakan Campak Palsu. dengar tu kawan2. ayat baru ni..c-a-m-p-a-k p-a-l-s-u.

"So macam mana nak treat condition nih doc?"

tak perlu ubat apapun. Even though i have thousands of cream, tapi memang tak perlu ubat. Baby akan recover sendiri.

We kinda puas hati juga dengan expanation by paed walaupun risau dengan red dots itu. Paed memang dah warn yang red dots tu akan bertambah banyak...

Bila balik rumah singgah rumah nenek husband, biasalh orang tua akan kata campak. campak keladi lah, and suruh sarah minum air kelapa supaya red dots tu cepat keluar dan cepat baik. And another petua untuk mandikan sarah dengan air basuhan beras yang ke 3 kali. I shall try this petua.

So, nak tengok how bad the rashes are?

Teruk kan?

Kat muka Sarah. Kesian dia..

Moga-moga she'll recover soon. Tapi, i wonder lah, betul ke semua infants akan kena?