Patients N.V.T (56 years old in Ky Anh, Ha Tinh) enter the Department of Synthetic Bacteria, Central Tropical Diseases Hospital in a state of shortness of breath, high fever, rash in the head, face and neck.
About 10 days before admission, the patient showed a headache, fatigue and conjunctiva.Mr. T did not go to the doctor but bought an antipyretic medicine, relieved pain at the pharmacy near his home to drink but did not improve.
After 6 days of taking medicine at home, the patient still has a headache, high fever, people tired, shortness of breath, conjunctiva conjunctiva causes a lot of discomfort and appears in the head, face, and then spreading downThe neck and chest area.
Patients went to the lower medical facility and was transferred to the Department of Synthetic Bacterial Infections, National Tropical Diseases Hospital.
At the Central Tropical Diseases Hospital, after 1 day of admission, the patient continues to change worse with acute respiratory failure (lung damage).
The patient was immediately transferred to the Department of Positive Resuscitation, interventions to support high flow oxygen and diagnosed measles complications of rapid progression of respiratory failure in adults.
Along with pneumonia complications, the patient also has diarrhea, manifestation of infection of the patient also tends to increase.
After 4 days of active treatment, the patient was awake, reduced fever, the degree of diarrhea decreased much, the level of respiratory failure has been significantly improved, the indicators have been stable.
Patients with severe measles (photo BSCC).
Dr. Pham Van Phuc, Deputy Head of the Department of Positive Resuscitation, said that measles is a acute infectious disease caused by measles virus, transmitted through the respiratory tract.Measles can lead to serious and sometimes fatal complications, including pneumonia, encephalitis.The disease is common in children 1-4 years old.Children under 6 months are less expensive because of the mother's immunity.Adults have rarely suffer from the disease because many people have suffered from childhood.Adults if infected are often people with risk factors such as:
- People who have never vaccinated measles;
- People with measles immunodeficiency over time;
- People with background disease and immunodeficiency;
- Chemical treatment, cancer ...
Measles often have symptoms such as:
- Fever;
- Astonious cough;
- Ryrically run;
- Red eyes;
- Unable to withstand light;
- The tiny spots with the blue and white center appear inside the mouth of the cheeks.These notes are called Koplik spots;
- People grow large red, flat, short spots.
When detecting abnormal symptoms, people should go to reputable specialized medical facilities for timely examination and treatment, avoid unfortunate complications.
Mr. Si Phuc recommends that there are many measles vaccines in the world.To prevent measles, people should vaccinate measles vaccine.