Children's Health Defense The New York Times and other news outlets have criticized the promotion of “unproven treatments” for measles, in the wake of a West Texas measles outbreak — even as the parents of the 6-year-old child who died in a Texas hospital after testing positive for measles told Children’s Health Defense (CHD) that their four other children had a “really good quick recovery” from measles, thanks to receiving some of those very treatments.
Dr. Ben Edwards, who visited the family after the 6-year-old died, gave the other children cod liver oil — a food-based source of vitamin A — and budesonide, a steroid used to relieve inflammation affecting the airways. The child who died did not receive either of those treatments.
Still, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) webpages on measles address prevention only, with no mention of possible treatments.
Getting the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is “the best way to protect against measles,” according to the CDC.
But the shot is not recommended for anyone sick with a fever, according to its package insert. Measles typically involves a high fever, according to the CDC.
So what are people — particularly children — with measles supposed to do?
Edwards told The Defender he attempted to get Texas DSHS to issue a statement on budesonide as a possible treatment for respiratory issues following a measles infection…
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