Possible rubella?

[Ayla]

My son is 22mths, homebirthed, breastfed, unvaxxed. Rubella is doing the rounds of our community atm and he has been in contact with a girl who later developed a rash that her mum suspects was rubella. He has a rash all over his body that I discovered last night but it's really light, it's not red like what's in the pics that are coming up on web searches for rubella. He otherwise seems fine, no evidence of a fever or any aches or pains, he's eating and drinking lots. I'm not worried about it :) I'd just like to know if it is or not. Does getting rubella mean natural immunity for life?

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

Not according to some medical articles which give case histories of people with proven previous natural, or vaccine imunity who subsequently went on to get clinical rubella again. How common it is, is unknown, since most people with an undefined rash don't necessarily seek a diagnosis.

There are also a few "secondary" cases whose babies showed evidence of congenital infection.

Our older son had doctor-diagnosed rubella twice. The first time as a toddler breastfeeding, and the second time as a 16 year old.

[Ayla]

Okay ta :)

[Spy]

Mine stuck pretty much for life. :D Or at least as long as it mattered. I had a regular, non-lab-confirmed rubella at around 2 yo (back then people just knew what rubella looks like and didn't need to run the tests to confirm the obvious :giggle:) , and in both pregnancies test showed up titers decent enough to get all the possible medics off my back for good. ;)

So did my husbands, which is even more interesting as his rubella was in utero. His titers are about 10 times higher than mine and also were still there well after 35.

[Ayla]

How do you pronounce "titers"?

[Spy]

I don't :LMAO:I only type them but never talk about them. :alien:

According to Google, they are supposed to be pronounced 'TY-turs', but don't quote me on that, English is my second language. :p

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

English is my third language. But in NZ it is pronounced "tea ters"