carol, my #1 had many episodes of false measles.
initially, we oso freaked out.
but somehow, used to her condition after a while.
she would hve high fever for a few days, those wont really sudside kind.
then, when fever subsided, spots appeared.
but for her case, the spots / rashes 'went' from head to toes. as the tiny spots on her face faded, her body would hve some, followed by her lower limbs.
my gal's pattern v 'chao kuan' one. her fever will go v high, 39+. & can oni b brought down by suppository. dhamol oni brought down a bit of her temp, b4 it went up again. ibufen doesnt seem to work on her.
furthermore, coz her temp could oni b brought down by the suppository, i dun give her ibufen, as the 2 types of medicines can oni b given 6 hrs apart. so, cant take the risk of letting her take ibufen & cant ctrl her high temp for the nxt 6 hrs.
we tried ibufen once & regretted. coz w/o suppository, we can oni keep sponging her for a few hrs to bring the temp down to 38 & 'maintain'. once the 6 hrs was up, immediately, gave suppository.
so, everytime, she has fever, we gotta ask for the 'bullets'.
luckily, think nowadays, she seems to hve outgrown tt phase.
sorry for such a long-winded sharing. ;p