Measles is a highly contagious disease and has the potential to become an epidemic. If the patient is not treated properly, it can easily lead to dangerous complications. The worrying thing is that measles does not only occur in adults, most cases are in children, many of whom are not old enough to be vaccinated.

Measles is an acute infectious disease, commonly found in children under 5 years old and adults can still get it. However, 25-50% of people exposed to the measles virus and infected without clinical signs. So is measles contagious, and how to prevent and treat it?

These days, the beginning of the winter-spring season, the cold weather is a favorable condition for some common dangerous diseases to attack young children, causing dangerous complications, especially measles. To help parents know how to take care of their children and detect and handle measles promptly, below are instructions from Professor Dr. Pham Nhat An - Director of the Pediatric Center at Vinmec Times City Hospital.

The changing of seasons is the right time for the measles virus to spread and develop. Not only does it tend to increase rapidly, the 2019 measles epidemic also causes many serious complications such as secondary infections, pneumonia... because many parents do not fully vaccinate their children.