What does an adult with measles look like?/poison ivy

[lauradi7dw]

There was a woman on the Red Line this morning looking very miserable, covered in red spots. A quick search of duckduckgo images shows me the bare backs of adults with measles and the faces of kids. Some kind of privacy thing? I am hoping she had a bad encounter with poison ivy instead of a communicable disease. My tai chi instructor got poison ivy recently and ended up taking prednisone. I was surprised by this, thinking of rubbing pink stuff on skin rather than having a strong corticosteroid inside.
But here's a ten year old article suggesting it.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4169084/

Comments

[matildalucet]

I can ride out a mild case of PI with topical stuff. When I managed to get it right next to my eye, I was swiftly put on prednisone. I got a bad all-over-arms-and-legs case in high school and was absolutely put on prednisone. One of my compatriots on that adventure was out of school for more than two weeks, so I know it can be very bad for at least some people.