Symptoms of adult measles

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With the popularization of measles vaccine, the natural infection rate of measles has decreased significantly. However, adults have not been vaccinated with measles vaccine, so the disease resistance ability is greatly reduced. There are still people in backward areas who have not been vaccinated with measles vaccine, so the risk of suffering from measles is even greater. Measles is no longer a common acute respiratory infectious disease in infants, many adults also began to suffer from measles. So what are the symptoms of adult measles? Let's get to know each other.

Symptoms of adult measles

Patients with latent period of measles have been able to exclude measles virus from their secretions, but have no obvious symptoms. The precursor period of measles generally lasts for three to five days. At this time, the patient will have a series of symptoms similar to cold, such as fever, cough, photophobia, conjunctival congestion, etc. the patient's temperature can be as high as 40 degrees Celsius, and the patient will also have headache, dizziness, drowsiness, etc. Two days after the onset of the disease, the patient's oral cavity will appear Kirschner's patches, Kirschner's patches into white, about the size of the needle tip, at first only a few white spots, and later will fuse into a piece, until all over the mouth.

Two days after the appearance of the plaque, it will disappear. At this time, the patient enters the stage of measles eruption. Patients in the eruption stage will first grow red macular papules from behind the ear hairline, and spread to the whole body in the next three days. Under normal circumstances, the rash is bright red. When pressed, it will fade to white or skin color, with different sizes and no fixed shape. When the patient reaches the peak of eruption, the color of the rash will darken and merge into one piece. Patients with no complications usually relapse 6 days after onset, and the whole course of measles is about 2 weeks.

Atypical measles symptoms: atypical measles generally occurs in people who have been vaccinated with live measles vaccine. Before the onset of the disease, there was no symptoms of Coriolis plaque, the patient would suddenly have a high fever, accompanied by headache, myalgia, general weakness and other symptoms. The rash starts from the distal end of the limbs, gradually spreads to the heart and trunk, and generally does not spread to the face. Atypical measles was yellow red, itching, measles subsided will not scab, atypical measles patients often have limb edema.

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The main symptoms of measles are fever, runny nose, conjunctivitis, cough, oral leukoplakia and measles. Sometimes there will be nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms. There will be sneezing, tears, fear of light, eyelid edema, loss of appetite. In the rash stage, the patient's temperature can reach about 40 ℃, and the patient's spirit will also appear dispirited. The last day or two of the incubation period to the day after the visit are highly infectious.