Symptoms of measles in adults

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In our impression, measles generally appears in children. In fact, adults will also get measles, because adults do not vaccinate against measles in time, which will greatly reduce their resistance to measles and make them more susceptible to measles disease. In addition, people in some places have not been vaccinated against measles, so even when they grow up, they still have a great chance to get measles, So what are the symptoms of measles in adults? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of measles in adults

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 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.

matters needing attention

The use of live attenuated measles vaccine is an important measure to prevent measles, and its preventive effect can reach 90%. Although 5% - 15% of the vaccinated infants may have mild reactions, such as fever, discomfort, weakness, etc., and a few may have rashes after fever, they will not be secondary to bacterial infection and have no neurological complications. In China, the age of first vaccination is 8 months. If it is used too early, the maternal antibody retained in the baby will neutralize the immune effect of the vaccine. Since the seroconversion rate after immunization is not 100% and the immune effect becomes weak with time, measles vaccine should be vaccinated for the second time at the age of 4-6 or 11-12; Young people who enter university should be vaccinated against measles again. If the patients with acute tuberculosis need measles vaccine, they should be treated with tuberculosis at the same time.