In traditional medicine, measles usually referred to typical infections, whereas the virus, its agent, has many unusual features.
First, the infection is characterized by high, almost 100% susceptibility: in contact with the sick person there are great chances to join the ranks of patients. The way to transmit the measles – airborne, but the volatility of this virus is truly impressive! For example, you may not be familiar with their neighbors and not even be with them in personal contact, just use one elevator! Due to high volatility, each person comes into contact with the causative agent of this disease over a lifetime than once.
Pathways of this virus are the upper respiratory tract mucous membranes and eyes, from which it successfully applied to mucous membranes throughout the respiratory system, intestines and cells of the central nervous system. The incubation period is at least 1 week, on average 8-10 days, sometimes, if the body stubbornly resists, the latent period of the disease increases to 3 weeks.
Attention! A day or two before the first explicit evidence of infection sick child is dangerous to other people. The disease starts with these symptoms: fever, runny nose, cough and headaches. It must be remembered that the disease is accompanied by a general decrease in immunity, against which it is easy to catch, and other infections, so the patient must necessarily be limited to contact with others. Particular attention to cleaning and hygienic.
