The disease has spread to all the Americas; More information on the frame and how to differentiate from other infections
THE measles He once again aroused concern among the Health Authorities of Brazil. This Monday 21, the Ministry of Health He announced that he is studying two suspicious cases of illness in the city of Campos Lindos, tocantine. Patients had contacts with people who were present Boliviacountry that has to face an outbreak of the disease.
The nearby nation lives in High cases that have illuminated the warning signal As for the possibility of spreading the population in Brazil, a country that has been the certificate of free territory of the internal circulation of this virus since last year, granted by World Health Organization (WHO).
THE measles It is a highly contagious infectious disease that was once one of the main causes of child mortality all over the world. The image is caused by a virus of the AR which belongs to the genre Morbillivirusfrom the family Paramyxoviridae.
Among its symptoms, certainly the most surprising feature are the balls scattered throughout the body, which can make some people mitter the difference between this infection and others that cause skin eruptions on the skin, such as chickenpox (varichia). The differences, however, range from symptoms to causal virus.
Morbillo symptoms
Morbillo is like a very strong influence, with symptoms such as high fever, cough, nose that cola (nasal secretion) and conjunctivitis. It is a very intense image. “Usually the patient is very demolished,” explains Marcelo Otsuka, spokesman for the Brazilian Society of infectology (SBI).
In addition, it causes imperfections in the body. An important initial sign is the appearance of the whitish signs in the mucous membrane of the mouth, known as Koplik’s stains.
Often they are a prefiguration of what comes later: the rash, that is, the round red spots, scattered in the mountains over the whole skin. The skin may seem “whole red” in more intense cases.
Usually they start on the face and spread on the neck and then on the rest of the body. In many cases, they appear after the start of fever.
In addition to the most visible symptoms, measles can evolve with serious complications such as otitis (ear infection), pneumonia and even encephalitis, which is the inflammation of the central nervous system and can leave sequences or even lead to death.
“The child receives a lot of secretion and often cannot eliminate, being able to bronchospish and develop pneumonia,” says Hello Giamberardino, coordinator of the Immunization Center of the Pequeno PrÃncipe Hospital.
How is measles transmitted?
Its transmission occurs through rinophrynging secretions expelled when coughing, sneezing, speaking or breathing. The aerosol dispersion contagion with viral particles in the air was also described in closed environments such as schools, day and clinical centers.
Can you get more than once?
No. If the person has had the disease, life immunity is conferred against the anniversary.
Treatment
“Morbillo does not have a specific treatment; there is no antiviral drug for this disease. Therefore, the treatment is supported by symptoms,” explains Helisa.
This means that drugs are used to reduce the discomfort caused by the symptoms of the disease, such as fever.
Differences between measles and chickenpox
Like measles, chickenpox (or variccia) is common during childhood and causes fever, tiredness and headache. However, it is caused by the Herpes Zoster virus and causes bubbles full of liquid that scratch a lot – a lot.
“Chicken chicken tapes gives balls, let’s say. Start with lumps, which we call papules, which evolve into vesicles – bubbles with liquid – and then walk in scratch, which break, form peel and from there comes the healing phase”, summarizes Otsuka.
At the beginning of the chickenpox, there may be only red balls, without classic evolution, which can lead to the confusion between the disease. But the catapora bubbles are very different from the red stains of measles and the lesions are more interspersed with normal skin. In addition, they have liquid and can have pus.
Another important difference is that there is an antiviral treatment for chickenpox, which contributes with a favorable result.
Both measles and chicken chicken tape can cause compromise of the nervous system, but in the case of measles, this complication is generally later, which occurs after illness. “And it’s a very serious and evolutionary picture,” says Otsuka. In the case of chickenpox, impairment usually occurs during the manifestation of the disease and can also cause meningoencephalitis.
Which is more serious: measles or smallpox?
“Both are serious. It depends a lot on who the disease will have,” says Otsuka. On the other hand, the catapora, although very contagious, is less contagious than measles.
In the evaluation of Hello, measles tends to be more serious, as it causes an important pulmonary impairment, often larger than that of chickenpox. “At the moment pre-control (Before vaccines) Of these diseases, it was much more internal for measles than chickenpox, “he says.
In addition, measles, when it has neurological impairment, is more insidious. “It is evolutionary – the patient begins to have motor losses, he begins to fall himself – and degenerates the nervous system,” explains Otsuka.
Vaccination
Both measles and chickenpox are preventable diseases for vaccines. The immunner that protects from paintings also acts against parotitis and rubella. It is the viral or tetravalent viral vaccine. This immunner is suitable for children of 15 months who have already received the first dose of the triple viral vaccine, which should be applied to 12 months of age.
Source: Terra

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