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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Sounds, noises and hearing disorders

Sound, both when produced by musical instruments and when produced by other sources such as automobiles, work tools or industrial equipment, is perceived by the human auditory system, but also by l brain, with different reactions by the human body.

Psychosomatic itching

Itching can sometimes be psychosomatic in nature, caused by severe states of anxiety or stress. Psychosomatic itching is localized to a specific location on the body, not resulting from internal

Cannabis, active ingredients can be produced from beer yeast

In Berkeley, researchers at the University of California have made a kind of “green” factories by engineering brewer’s yeast, resulting in cannabinoids. It follows that in the near future it

Calcaneal spur: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

Calcaneal spur is an inflammatory condition of the heel. Specifically, it is anexostosis, which is a benign neoformation of bone tissue that develops in the heel area. The occurrence of

Nicotine: how to respond?

Much less nicotine is used in agriculture today than in the past, but it is still used in horticultural applications. An oral dose of no more than 40 mg of

Pulmonary embolism: what is it and how to treat it?

Embolism lung is a serious complication to be suspected in cases of dyspnea, in a patient at risk of deep vein thrombosis. I Main symptoms are: sudden dyspnea, chest pain,

Heat stroke

During heat stroke, high body temperature can damage tissues and organs. If this occurs in untreated subjects, the outcome could be fatal. Symptoms include warm skin, high body temperature, agitation,

Abdominal pain: what to do?

Many diseases can cause abdominal pain, but some conditions can be life-threatening and therefore require surgical treatment. What to do? It is necessary for the victim not to eat or

The knee in sports

The knee is a complex and delicate joint, always subjected to stress and strain, and sometimes a fragile point in many traumatic events.

More effective double support for smoking cessation

Two is better than one. A rule that is true in many cases and remains true when it comes to quitting smoking. No small feat, which is rarely successfully accomplished

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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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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