Over 2 Poles fell ill in 2015 with rubella. This is over 90 percent. all cases of this disease throughout the European Union.
The avalanche of rubella cases in Poland began at the beginning of 2013. According to the data of the National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, 38,5 thousand cases fell ill by the end of this year. people. – We had the so-called a compensatory epidemic – says Iwona Paradowska-Stankiewicz, MD, a national epidemiology consultant. – It affected people who were not subject to vaccination at the end of the 80s. At that time, changes were made to the rules of compulsory vaccination and they only covered girls. As a result, rubella mainly affected men aged 19-28.
In 2014, the number of cases decreased significantly, from 38,5 thousand to (a year earlier) to less than 5,9 thousand Last year it was just over 2. people all over Poland. But it’s still over 90 percent. all rubella cases throughout the European Union. – This is a trial. Unfortunately, it must continue to decline. It is important that last year we had twice as few rubella cases in Poland as before the epidemic.
Vaccinations with the use of three-component preparations, simultaneously protecting against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), were introduced in Poland in 1995. However, these were recommended, not obligatory, vaccines, ie those for which parents had to pay. Three-component vaccines in the compulsory vaccination calendar exist in our country only since 2003. They also include boys and are administered to children between 13 and 15 months of age. Since then, the incidence of rubella in our country has started to decline for the first time.
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Infection with this disease is usually not serious (except for pregnant women and the elderly). Most often it is diagnosed when a pink rash appears on the skin. There may also be enlargement of the lymph nodes in the neck and nape, and may feel as lumps. The infection can also manifest with fever and pharyngitis and conjunctivitis, but these symptoms are rare and are usually associated with other infections. Almost half of rubella cases may be asymptomatic.