The main clinical symptoms of measles are fever, conjunctivitis, flu-like manifestations, measles mucous membrane spots, and peripheral rash, etc. Measles patients should be isolated and monitored and managed intensively.
Symptoms of measles:
1. incubation period, may have low fever, generalized discomfort, etc..
2. Prodromal period, there may be low fever, cold symptoms such as coughing, sneezing, pharyngeal congestion, etc., conjunctival congestion, eyelid edema, photophobia, lachrymation, etc., and there may be mucous membrane spots of measles in the typical cases.
3. Rash period, high fever, cough intensified, drowsiness, restlessness, convulsions, etc. Rash from the back of the ear, the hair began, and gradually to the forehead, face, neck, trunk, limbs and so on.
Measles precautions: Measles patients should pay attention to family isolation, rest, infants and young children, pregnant women, immunocompromised people and other susceptible groups to avoid contact with measles patients, contact can be vaccinated with immunoglobulin for passive immunization.
Measles patients should consult a doctor in time and follow the doctor’s instructions for isolation treatment.