What should measles pay attention to

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Measles is not uncommon. Almost all children who have had children will be aware of the vaccine against this disease. So the incidence rate of this disease is low. Measles is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by measles virus. The clinical symptoms included fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctival congestion, and Koplik's spots on oral mucosa. The prognosis of simple measles is good, and the mortality of severe patients is high. What should measles pay attention to.

What should measles pay attention to

The first is to manage the source of infection: isolate the patient until 5 days after the eruption, and extend to 10 days if there are complications. The contacts were quarantined for 3 weeks, and those who had received passive immunization were quarantined for 4 weeks.

Second: cut off the route of transmission: ward ventilation, susceptible to epidemic period as far as possible to go out, avoid going to crowded places.

The third is to enhance the immunity of the population. 1. Active immunization: the planned immunization in China is scheduled to be first planted at the age of 8 months and then re planted at the age of 7 years. The best time for emergency vaccination is one month before measles epidemic season. Antibody was produced 12 days after inoculation. 2. Passive immunization: young, frail and susceptible children can use passive immunization after contacting measles. Injection within 5 days after contact with patients has protective effect. After 6 days, the injection can relieve the symptoms. The period of validity is 3-8 weeks. The commonly used preparation is gamma globulin.

matters needing attention

If you find that you have the symptoms of measles, you must receive timely treatment, timely isolation, to avoid being infected by the outside world, at the same time, you can not use your hands to grasp your skin, in order to avoid infection. And bring more serious consequences.