Among the signs of the disease, the doctor called a breakdown, cough, runny nose and the appearance of white spots on the mucous membrane of the cheeks. At first, a patient with measles has symptoms that resemble a cold, and then a further complication occurs. Elena Meskina also told Evening Moscow how people become infected with measles.
She recalled that the disease is transmitted by airborne droplets. First, the virus is on the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract, and then begins to spread throughout the body through the blood.
“The source and spreader of the disease is a sick person. The infected person poses the greatest danger in the first days of the disease, ”the doctor emphasized.
According to the specialist, on the fifth day of illness, a rash and pigmentation appear on the face and body.
Consequences of measles
Earlier, pediatrician Evgenia Lushnova said that childhood infections, including measles, can be fatal for an adult. Measles is a serious disease for adults, because more often than in children it causes damage to the brain (measles encephalitis, which threatens death or serious consequences for the psyche and health in general) and lungs.
On March 12, Rospotrebnadzor reported that measles outbreaks had occurred in the Moscow, Leningrad, Samara, Novosibirsk regions, Altai and Krasnodar territories and other regions due to unvaccinated migrants. Citizens of neighboring countries come already sick or become infected with measles in Russia.
