What is measles: understanding measles by stages

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Measles is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by measles virus. Seasonal high incidence in winter and spring, in the crowded, airless environment, measles virus is easy to spread. Like most viral infectious diseases, there is no specific drug for measles virus at present, and the treatment mainly focuses on symptomatic treatment and relieving the suffering of patients. Here are the symptoms, characteristics and prevention of measles.

What is measles: understanding measles by stages

First: precursor period: this stage generally lasts three or four days. The symptoms were fever, cough, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat, throat congestion and other catarrhal symptoms similar to common cold. Eyes will also appear conjunctival congestion, photophobia, tears and other performance. The most obvious feature is that there are 0.5-1 mm white dots on the buccal mucosa near the first molar on both sides of the oral cavity, and there is a red halo around the dots. This is coprink spot, which has certain clinical significance for the early diagnosis of measles.

Second: rash stage: as the name suggests, at this stage, rashes will appear one after another, usually on the fourth day of fever, lasting for three to five days. The rash first appeared behind the ears and hairline, then gradually spread to the face and neck, then spread from top to bottom to the chest, abdomen, back, limbs, and finally reached the palms and soles of the feet. In addition to the rash, in the peak period of rash, children will have a high fever, serious lung disease, mild hepatosplenomegaly.

Third: recovery period: measles is a self limiting disease. After three or five days of rash, the body temperature will slowly drop, and other symptoms of the whole body will begin to alleviate. According to the previous rash order, the rash subsided in turn, but will leave a light brown spot, at the same time there will be peeling performance. This phase lasts about one to two weeks.

matters needing attention

Measles virus can survive for a day in a closed room, but once exposed to the circulating air, it is easy to lose vitality. Therefore, children in the room should keep fresh air, good ventilation, but pay attention not to let children directly blow, so as not to catch cold.