Vitamin A supplementation may be recommended for the young child who has which disease?
a. Mumps
b. Rubella
c. Measles (rubeola)
d. Erythema infectiosum
ANS: C
Evidence shows vitamin A decreases morbidity and mortality in measles. Mumps is treated with analgesics for pain and antipyretics for fever. Rubella is treated similarly to mumps. Erythema infectiosum is treated similarly to mumps and rubella.
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