Symptoms of the disease
The features of measles are divided into two stages:
The first stage Which is the stage of Badriya characterized by the emergence of spots Kublik and light symptoms,
The second stage It is the stage of the emergence of skin rash and characterized by high temperature of the patient.
The stage coincides with the entry of the virus into the blood after the incubation period, showing symptoms of Badr, where the patient suffers from dry cough and cold and inflammation in conjunctivitis, as well as complain of the patient from the loss of appetite and a slight increase in temperature, ) Days and the patient is very contagious to others
It is characterized by the appearance of spots Coblik, which is a white patches similar to the salt atoms are located on the base of red in the lining of the mouth opposite the second pulverizer and appear before the rash two days and usually disappear when it appears, and the stains of Coblk is the capital of the measles Cut the presence of measles)
It is possible during the BADRIA stage that the patient suffering from bronchitis or viral lung disease (viral pneumonia) or the croup
After the end of the stage, the rash begins with the appearance of antibodies against the measles virus in the blood. Usually the skin rash occurs in the area of the forehead, forehead and behind the ear flap, and quickly spreads in the face, neck, trunk, and eventually moves to the limbs including the palm of the hands And the soles of the feet.
The skin rash is a papillary or thrombocytopenia (red color), rash spots are irregular, sporadic and uneven in size but they can combine with each other in the face and trunk to form large patches of mucus.
The rash remains for six days, and the patient is contagious for another four days before the appearance of the rash and for two days after. Some patients suffer from a brown pigmentation of the skin after the appearance of the rash, which may remain for several months but disappear afterwards.
Measles is a viral infectious disease, transmitted by the respiratory tract , Especially children between 2 and 4 years old, but the incidence of complications after the introduction of measles vaccine, which revolutionized the great disease.