Therapeutic targets
- Mitigation of the symptomatology
- Avoidance of complications
Therapy recommendations
- Symptomatic therapy (analgesics/pain relievers, antipyretics/antipyretic drugs, if necessary).
- Postexposure prophylaxis [see below].
- See also under “Further therapy“.
Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP)
Post-exposure prophylaxis is the provision of medication to prevent disease in individuals who are not protected against a particular disease by vaccination but have been exposed to it.
Indications (areas of application)
- Unvaccinated persons
- Persons vaccinated only once during childhood
- Persons with unclear vaccination status with contact to a diseased person.
Implementation
- If possible within 3 days after exposure (“exposure”) single vaccination with MMR vaccine.
