Many adults get measles
We were present at the Department of Tropical Diseases (Provincial General Hospital) when doctors and nurses were actively treating measles in many cases. Doctor Nguyen Thi Thuy Loan - Deputy Head of the Department in charge of the Department of Tropical Diseases - said: Since after Tet holiday until now, the Department has received many measles patients. Many people visited and received treatment outside, but the disease progressed severely, leading to hospitalization. There were cases where patients bought medicine to treat themselves when they had fever, cough, sore throat and did not know they had measles, so they became a source of infection for their families and the community.
Currently being treated at the Department of Tropical Diseases, Ms. Do Thi Ha Quyen (43 years old, residing in My Yang village, Dak Ya commune, Mang Yang district) shared: During the first 2 days of her illness, she had intermittent fever and then a continuous high fever. In the following days, she also had a sore throat, headache, tired eyes, and weak limbs. “On the first day of treatment, I was so exhausted that I could not walk or eat. Now I am much better. Before that, my husband had measles but did not know and infected his wife and newborn child. My child is currently being treated at the Department of Neonatal (Provincial Children's Hospital),” Ms. Quyen said.
Also being treated at the Tropical Diseases Department, Ms. Ro Cham MLui (Blang village, Ia Der commune, Ia Grai district) said: “I had a fever, cough, and sore throat so I was hospitalized for treatment. Where I live, many children have measles, my child also had it and just recovered.”
Taking care of her child at the hospital, Ms. Van Thi Hanh (Ia Krieng commune, Duc Co district) said: Her child had a fever and a sore throat and her family took her to a private medical facility. The doctor examined her and diagnosed her with acute pharyngitis. However, she took medicine for a week but the illness did not improve, and there were signs of it getting worse, so her family took her to the provincial General Hospital for treatment. Her health is now better but she still has a fever and sometimes vomits when she eats.
Don't be subjective.
Measles is developing complicatedly in the province. Not only children and adults are infected with the disease, but there are also some cases of newborns. Doctor Hoang Ngoc Thanh - Deputy Director of the Provincial Children's Hospital - informed: The Neonatal Department has just received 2 cases of measles in newborns. The children got the disease from their parents. Previously, the parents had measles but did not take isolation and prevention measures, leading to the infection of the children. "After receiving the patients, the Department quickly established an isolation room to treat and prevent cross-infection for other children. Currently, 1 child has been discharged from the hospital, the health of the remaining child is also stable and can be discharged in the next few days" - Doctor Thanh said.
According to Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Loan, measles is an infectious disease transmitted through the respiratory tract and can spread very quickly, easily causing an epidemic. Those susceptible to the disease are children who have not been vaccinated against measles or adults when the amount of antibodies in the blood decreases. However, many people mistakenly believe that measles mainly occurs in children and has been controlled by vaccines, so they are subjective when they get sick and often confuse it with other diseases. Many cases do not know they have measles, arbitrarily buy medicine to treat it, leading to serious progression and can have complications that greatly affect health.
Anticipating that measles could increase, the Department of Tropical Diseases has prepared an isolation area with 50 beds. “The department requires that caregivers not change to avoid spreading the disease to others. We also advise people carefully about measles, possible complications such as encephalitis, pneumonia, conjunctivitis, keratitis, enteritis and other infections... People should proactively get vaccinated against measles to avoid getting sick,” Dr. Loan emphasized.
Vaccination is an effective measure to prevent measles. In Gia Lai, after the measles vaccination campaign, about 95% of children from 1 to 5 years old who had not received enough doses of the vaccine as prescribed were vaccinated with 1 dose of measles-rubella vaccine. For adults, it is necessary to proactively provide vaccination services; in which, the measles vaccine for adults is the 3-in-1 MMR vaccine (measles-mumps-rubella) to help prevent the disease and complications. In addition to vaccination to prevent measles, people need to pay attention to environmental hygiene, personal hygiene, reasonable eating and living habits, and exercise to increase resistance, wear masks, etc.
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