Complica- 3. Spreads 4. Diseases 5. Infectious 6. Sneezing tions

12. feel

11. rash

Appears 8. caused 9. incubation 10. cough 13. catching 14. common 15. runny

Mumps

Mumps, in children, is usually a 1... infectious illness. It is 2... by a virus and is spread by 3... and sneezes. The 'incubation period' — the time between 4... an illness and becoming unwell — is fourteen to twenty-one days. The 5... symptom of mumps is a. swollen face, caused by 6... of the salivary glands in your child's jaw and below the ears. Mumps is 7... common between the ages of five and fifteen, and is generally not as 8... as other childhood illnesses.

Your child may have a 9... fever and feel unwell for a day or two before 10... of the face develops — on one or both sides. Your child may also 11... a dry mouth and chewing and swallowing may be uncomfortable. The 12... period — when your child ca-n give the 13... to someone else—is from a few days before becoming 14... until swelling goes down; 15... ten days in all.

1. contagious 2. swelling 3. probably 4. mild 5. complain 6. caused

of

7. unwell 8. catching 9. infectious 10. most 11. typical 12. inflam-

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13. slight 14. illness 15. coughs

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German measles (Rubella).

German measles or rubella is a common viral infection, 1... by coughs and 2... Although it is a highly infectious 3..., it is usually much 4... than measles and often goes unnoticed. Indeed, your child may have a mild bout of 5... without you being aware of it. The- "incubation period" — the time between 6... an illness and becoming unwell — is fourteen to twenty-one days. The infectious 7... — when your child can give the illness to someone else — starts about one week before and 8... at least four days after the 9... first appears.

German measles starts like a slight 10... .After a day or two a rash or pale pink 11... appears on the child's 12... and forehead, may be spreading to the rest of the body. There maybe 13... of the glands at the back of the neck, but your child will not usually 14... unwell.

1.	spots	2.	period	3.	illness	4.	swelling	5.	cold	6.	rash
7.	spread	8.	face	9.	sneezes	10.	infection		. milder		. lasts
	. feel		. catching

Chickenpox.

Chickenpox is a common and 1... illness. It is 2... by a virus and is 3... by coughing and sneezing. Once caught, the 4... will

stay in the body and can "reappear later as shingles. It takes fourteen to sixteen days after 5... the illness for the rash to 6... . The day before the 7... appears your child may feel 8..., and have a slight 9... .Small, itchy red 10... appear over the chest and 11... and spread to the face and the rest of the body. Within a few hours these develop into 12... blisters, which then dry. into scabs and 13... .They don't usually leave a scar unless the spots are 14... infected or your child scratches them. Your child is infec­tious—and so can give the 15.. to someone else—from the day before the rash appears until all the spots are 16... .

1. watery 2. illness 3. appear 4. drop off 5. infectious 6. badly