Measles is one of the most common infectious diseases and result in fever and a general feeling of fatigue followed by sneezing, nasal congestion, accompanied by cough and then spread red grains caused by the measles virus
In spite of the fact that the disease is not serious in most cases, a fatal complications most famous brain and bronchitis. And begin to complications related to brain inflammation in the ear cavity followed by inflammation of the bones of the skull and then the emergence of abscesses in the brain.
And the spread of measles among children of school age and often appear in the winter and spring, but it rarely appears in children under the age of six months as a result of the antibody, which entered into the body by the mother during pregnancy and also during lactation.
The infection appears gradually inflammation of the nose followed by a general feeling of fatigue, loss of appetite, and then the temperature begins to rise in the first two days, followed by the appearance of red grains in the gum area directly behind the cheek and soon begin to appear on the face first, then spread throughout the body.
And here starts coughing as a result of bronchitis caused by the emergence of grain on the mucous membranes inside the mouth and nose. The inflammation lasts about five days and then begins the gradual decline coupled with a decrease in temperature, but this improvement is limited only to cases that do not have any complications occur.
And the patient must remain in bed during the period of injury while providing lighting dimmed in the light-sensitive cases also be removed with water or tears with warm saline solution to prevent the child from rubbing the eye. And use anti-itching and compresses to help comfort as the child is isolated until the fifth day of the injury.
And as a form of prevention doctors are advised to take two doses of vaccination against measles at the age of a year and two months before entering kindergarten or first grade primary.
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