Adults also need to be wary of measles

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Measles typhus in adults also needs to be wary of dangerous complications such as encephalitis, which disrupts the respiratory and circulatory centers.

1. What are the signs of measles in adults?

Adults with measles usually have an incubation period of 8-11 days. After that, the sick person will have the following signs:
At first, a mild fever, then a high fever, cough. Watery eyes, runny nose, red eyes with rust. Raised, red, bumpy rashes on the surface of the skin. The order of the rash is from the face to the neck, chest, hands, back and finally the legs.

2. How dangerous is measles typhus in adults?

Measles is a disease that leads to acute immunodeficiency, so when sick, the body's immune response to other microbial pathogens is very poor, which also means the risk of co-infection with other diseases, different types of diseases. Other viruses will increase the risk of death. This risk will be higher for children under 9 months of age who are not immune to measles or children with congenital heart disease, severe malnutrition, cerebral palsy...
Measles is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract and very contagious and super infectious. In an environment with many multi-resistant bacteria, measles-like typhus in adults, especially pneumonia patients, if infected with these multi-resistant bacteria, will develop very severe disease and die. fast death. Unlike measles complications in children, which are mainly infections, respiratory superinfection causes severe respiratory failure, leading to death. Measles is recommended to be alert for respiratory complications such as laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia. In addition, the disease can also cause complications to the nervous system such as meningitis, acute myelitis... Measles typhus in adults, especially for pregnant women when the immune system is weak. decline, the risk of measles is higher if exposed to a carrier or source of the disease. For pregnant women, infection with the measles virus can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm or low birth weight babies, birth defects, or primary measles infection. In the first month of pregnancy, if you get measles, the risk of birth defects in the baby can be up to 50%. In the second month of measles, birth defects were 22% and the third month was 6%.

3. Cure measles in adults

Treatment of measles in adults is mainly symptomatic treatment combined with patient care regimen including personal hygiene and nutrition. Always watch for signs of measles in adults to promptly detect complications and get treatment. It is advisable to limit and isolate sick people to avoid spreading the disease.

4. Prevention of measles typhus in adults

Wear a mask when going to crowded places or environments with many disease-causing bacteria such as hospitals. Wash your hands often with hand sanitizer after visiting crowded places. Always keep the house airy and clean. Experts say that vaccination is the best way to prevent measles-like typhus in adults. Because every person who is not immune (who has not been vaccinated against measles or has not had measles) is at risk of contracting measles (even in children under 9 months of age). Therefore, all subjects who are not immune to measles should actively vaccinate against measles. Vaccination with 1 dose of measles vaccine is 87% effective, and 2 doses are 95% effective. After the disease is cured or vaccinated, the body will create lifelong immunity, people who have been infected with measles or have been vaccinated will rarely get measles again.
Measles typhus in adults if not alert can cause dangerous complications. Proactively prevent measles by vaccinating, which will help create immunity to the disease, avoiding disease outbreaks in the community.

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