More tips and info aout measles

Measles is a contagious viral disease most often occurs in late winter and spring. It began to fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis (pink eye) in the last few days. Rash starting on face and neck, back and trunk spread, and then extends to the arms and hands, legs and feet. Five days later, the rash subsided, in the same order, it seems.

How can I catch measles?

Measles is highly contagious. Rash began its fourth day after infection, usually about 4 days infectious. The measles virus resides in the infected person's nose and throat of mucus. When they sneeze or cough, droplets spray into the two hours on infected surfaces for air and water droplets remain active and contagious.



How serious is the disease?

Measles itself is unpleasant, but the risk of complications. 6-20% of people have this disease, ear infections, diarrhea or pneumonia. About 1000, of which 1,000 people with measles will develop inflammation of the brain will die.

Why is vaccination necessary?

Before the measles vaccine, about 450,000 measles cases and 450 measles-related deaths reported annually on average. Measles vaccine in the United States before the widespread use of vaccines, the age of measles cases and more than 99% decrease.

However, measles is common in other countries, spread rapidly, and can easily be brought into the United States, if vaccination stopped in the United States and hundreds of people died of measles vaccine before the level of measles-related diseases.

In the United States, measles is still a problem?

We can still see, in the United States, tourists and travelers in the United States, other countries measles. These visitors brought our country, sometimes resulting in measles outbreaks. However, because most people in the United States have been vaccinated, these outbreaks are usually small.

Measles cases in the United States dropped to historically low. The widespread use of measles vaccine, measles vaccine before the age result, a decrease of 99% per year, almost 450,000 cases and 450 deaths were reported.

If the chance of disease is so low, why do I need vaccinations?

Allows us to reduce measles vaccine and other vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States the majority of very low levels, it is true. However, measles is still common - even epidemic - in the world. Visit to China, the United States travelers returning from other countries in the United States in the disease unknowingly, if we do not protect vaccinated, it will lead to the rapid spread of the epidemic here. The disease is very contagious.

We should be vaccinated to protect ourselves and our children. Even if we believe that we have little chance of measles, the disease still exists, but also can infect any unprotected.

What kind of vaccine against measles?

MMR vaccine against measles and other viral diseases - mumps and rubella. These three vaccines are safe to put together. MMR vaccine is a live attenuated (weakened) live virus vaccine. This means that, after injection, viral growth, and lead a harmless infection and vaccination, very few, if any symptoms. Person's immune system, weakening against these viruses and immune development to continue by the infection, the entire human life. "