Misleading Myths about the Measles Disease

In the measles patients, the condition of the body that can cause complications weak. Respiratory tract infection the top of the already suffered will spreading to the lower respiratory tract, bronchus, and lungs, so that occur the bronchitis and pneumonia long onsteeking, caused the secondary infections by germs.

Therefore, to help the healing process, the patient must be strong measles. Nutritious food such as meat, milk and eggs is very important to be added to the food menu measles patients. Avoid foods and beverages that contain of sugar or sweet. Due to digest sugary food, the body needs more vitamins, especially vitamin B. If continue to consumes sugary food, the body is concerned will suffer vitamin B deficiency, the condition of the body to become weak, because of the production of white blood cell that is late. While white blood cells have an important role in the formation of bodiy’s immune.

Measles is spread through saliva spray. Measles virus attack and multiply in the mucous membrane of on the top of respiratory tract. Come in throughout the blood circulation, and then attack the body. Because all the white blood cell types (particularly monosit), then there were a decrease in body resistance. So, the early symptoms of measles is a disease of the signs such as top side of respiratory tract infections.

The body’s temperature rise of up to 400C. After five days, the body temperature down and arise The speck red, starting from the back of the ear, and spread to the entire body. The red speck will gradually disappeared after five days. The passage of measles disease may be more mild if the patient has a strong body resistance.

There are several misleading myths about measles. one of them is: people with measles should not bathe and never exposed to wind. Allegedly, if the measles patient bathe or exposed to wind, measles virus can not exit the body and will remain in the body. This myth causes the measles patient be in a sealed room and stuffy due to lack of air ventilation. While treatment, such as this, it can lead to complications, the lung wet which can cause death. Stuffy room make patients lack of oxygen. The high temperature of rooms can also cause dehydration and the patient experienced power than the body becomes weakened. So the steps are the most well put measles patient in the open air room with good circulation. Select the rooms that are open.

Keep in mind, measles does not have medicine. Many drugs that have been circulated, and being believed, in fact can not be proved correct. Measles disease will recover by the body itself. Body’s immune is the only cure of the disease determines measles. Because related to the body's immune, then vaccination is important for the prevention of measles. The provision of vaccination for the disease mumps and rubella, the MMR injection form (measles, mumps, and rubella) should be given to the children aged nine months, and repeated at the age of 15 months. MMR should be repeated before the age of 12 years.