What is measles?

Measles is an infectious disease caused by a virus of the genus morbillivirus (family Paramyxovidae). Highly contagious, it is a disease that is called “childhood” since-along with chickenpox, whooping cough, rubella, and mumps-it mainly affects infancy.

This infectious disease, which lasts between 10 and 20 days, does not give particularly serious symptoms. Contagiousness lasts up to five days after the disappearance of the typical rashes of the disease and is highest three days earlier, when the body reacts to the presence of the virus with fever. Once contracted, measles provides an immunization that, theoretically, will last a lifetime.

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Dental caries: what are they?

Dental caries, ( from Latin caries, “corrosion, putrefaction”) is one of the most prevalent and common degenerative diseases in dentistry. This is a degenerative process that damages the hard tissues

Methods of poisoning: blockers (propranolol, atenolol, oxprenolol)

An overdose of such drugs in children may occur accidentally, while in adults it may be voluntary or from therapeutic overdose. By their blocking action on nerve endings, these drugs

Dyspepsia, a digestive disorder

Dyspepsia, a disorder that impairs digestion and generates discomfort in those affected after every meal.

Diabetic retinopathy: what you need to know

In the early stage of diabetic retinopathy there may be no symptoms. It is very important not to wait until you see less to be examined. Rapid changes in glycemic

10. Safety, nutrition and training

Whether practicing in a confined basin or in the sea, apnea should never be done alone.

.Driving dehydrated is as dangerous as doing it drunk

Driving while intoxicated is absolutely prohibited as it can lead to tragic outcomes, both for the driver and for any unfortunate bystanders. But this condition is not the only one

Periodontal Disease. What is it all about?

Periodontitis is a chronic infectious disease that affects the supporting structures around the tooth such as gingiva and bone. What are the triggers and symptoms? Periodontitis (once called Pyorrhea) is

Recurrences in the dislocated shoulder

Dislocation of the shoulder, as a traumatic event that causes a bone to protrude from its joint structure, is certainly reducible with a medical maneuver that restores the injured part, but from that point on, subsequent treatment must be followed that will then determine whether or not the shoulder heals and resumes its function.

Cutaneous angioma

Skin angiomas are mostly benign neoformations due to the abnormal cellular development of sanguneous or lymphatic vessels. The most common form of cutaneous angioma is hemangioma, which consists of a proliferation

Poisoning from petroleum derivatives

Petroleum derivatives consist of aliphatic hydrocarbons, which may contain a small amount of aromatic hydrocarbons. Many petroleum derivatives may also contain a small percentage of organic lead. At the time

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Parotitis

Mumps is an acute generalized viral infection, mainly affecting school-age children and adolescents. A disease is widespread throughout the world, and humans are the only natural hosts. A carrier state

Shock, medical emergency

It may happen that the circulation of blood through the body undergoes a sudden change giving rise to a condition of physiological shock, with decreased flow and crisis on the

Coronavirus infection

Actually, Coronavirus belongs to a type of viruses that can cause various diseases from simple cold to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). In 2019,

Tetanus

Tetanus is a disease caused by Clostridium tetani, a gram-positive, anaerobic, sporigenic bacterium that enters the body through a wound and leads to systemic manifestations through a toxin (exotoxin). WHO

Candidiasis

Candida Albicans and other related species can result in different types of infections. Cutaneous candidiasis include the condition of eroded skin between the toes, balanines the mycosis of the nails,

Measles

Measles is a viral infection found everywhere in the world; it is a disease that affects only humans, there are no animal reservoirs, no asymptomatic carrier status. WHO estimated there

Cytomegalovirus

Cytomegalovirus is a DNA virus that belongs to the herpes virus group. After primary infection it persists in a latent form in the body and can reactivate when defense systems

Salmonellosis

Salmonella infection or salmonellosis is a bacterial infection that affects theintestines. This bacterium inhabits the intestinal tract of animals andhumans and escapes to the outside with theexpulsion of feces. It

Chickenpox

Chickenpox to date remains the most prevalent vaccine-preventable disease in our country. It is transmitted airborne, person-to-person, through Pflugge droplets or by direct contact with skin lesions of patients with

Rubella

Rubella is a disease caused by a virus that is transmitted from person to person by droplets from nasopharyngeal secretions. Rubella is endemic worldwide and, in the absence of specific

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