Measles has been hitting United States in various occasions and multiple states. But good news for Oklahoma is that its citizens are safe from it but no more. State Health Department of Oklahoma has reported its first patient of measles in last two decades.
Measles disease is dangerous and takes the patient to death island if not treated properly. When we look back in year 2000, large number of patients of this disease died all over United States. Its a respiratory disease and acts as viral that transfer from one person to next close contacts.
Health officials has not published identification of patient. He is spouse of a State University student and recently was working abroad. May be the infection was transferred to him by travelling and close contact of another patient.
A person when received the doze of virus through any means, does not show symptoms for 15 - 20 days. Slowly virus destroys human immune system and after 21 days severe signs appear. Initial symptoms are running nose, fever, cold eyes, reddish color in eyes and cough. Severe signs are dangerous. Face becomes reddish and red dots and that spreads to whole body in just few days.
Oklahoma officials said that measles is coming back to US from other countries. When their citizens come back from foreign tour. The chance of virus contraction increaes. The bad thing of this virus is no symptoms until three weeks.
US has stated vaccination since year 1997. Vaccination against measles, rubella and mumps is given to children from age 12-15 months. Second doze is given from age 4-6 years. It gives human immune system strong chance to fight measles virus. Those failed to get vaccine has tendency to get virus infections at any age.
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Measles disease is dangerous and takes the patient to death island if not treated properly. When we look back in year 2000, large number of patients of this disease died all over United States. Its a respiratory disease and acts as viral that transfer from one person to next close contacts.
Health officials has not published identification of patient. He is spouse of a State University student and recently was working abroad. May be the infection was transferred to him by travelling and close contact of another patient.
A person when received the doze of virus through any means, does not show symptoms for 15 - 20 days. Slowly virus destroys human immune system and after 21 days severe signs appear. Initial symptoms are running nose, fever, cold eyes, reddish color in eyes and cough. Severe signs are dangerous. Face becomes reddish and red dots and that spreads to whole body in just few days.
Oklahoma officials said that measles is coming back to US from other countries. When their citizens come back from foreign tour. The chance of virus contraction increaes. The bad thing of this virus is no symptoms until three weeks.
US has stated vaccination since year 1997. Vaccination against measles, rubella and mumps is given to children from age 12-15 months. Second doze is given from age 4-6 years. It gives human immune system strong chance to fight measles virus. Those failed to get vaccine has tendency to get virus infections at any age.
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