3. INTRODUCTION
⢠IT IS THE COMMONEST AND MOST
INFECTIOUS OF ALL THE VIRUSES OF
CHILDHOOD.
⢠IT IS THE FREQUENT CAUSE OF ILL
HEALTH AND MORBIDITY ESPECIALLY
IN THE UNDERNOURISHED INFANTS
AND CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 3
YEARS.
4. EPIDEMIOLOGY
ďCAUSATIVE AGENT: MEASLES VIRUS OF
PARAMYXOVIRIDAE FAMILY
ďMODE OF TRANSMISSION: BY DIRECT
SPREAD FROM SECRETION OF NOSE AND
THROAD.
ďPERIOD OF INFECTIVITY: 4 DAYS PRIOR
TO AND 5 DAYS AFTER THE APPEARANCE
OF RASH.
ďINCIDENCE:HIGHEST IN WINTER AND
SPRING
6. CLINICAL FEATURES
ďINCUBATION PERIOD: 8-12 DAYS
ďPRODROMAL PHASE:
⢠MODERATE RISE IN TEMPERATURE
⢠COUGH
⢠RUNNING NOSE
⢠SNEEZING
⢠REDNESS OF EYES
⢠EXCESSIVE LACRIMATION
8. CLINICAL FEATURES
ďERUPTIVE PHASE:
⢠FEVER RISE AGAIN
ďśRASH:
ď§ 1ST APPEAR BEHIND EARS, FOREHEAD, FACE,
NECK AND SPREAD TO TRUNK, EXTREMITIES,
PALMS AND SOLES.
9. DIAGNOSIS
⢠BASED ON CLINICAL
DIAGNOSIS
⢠SEROLOGICAL TESTS
FOR CONFIRMA-TION
⢠IgM ANTIBODIES.
10. PREVENTION & TREATMENT
⢠THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TREATMENT.
⢠ONLY SYMPTOMATIC AND SUPPORTIVE
TREATMENT IS DONE.
ďśGIVE BATH TO CHILD DAILY
ďśWASH MOUTH AND BRUSH TEETH DAILY
ďśGIVE ADEQUATE FLUID
11. PREVENTION & TREATMENT
ďPROPHYLAXIS: ONLY RELIABLE
MEANS OF PREVENTING IS
ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINE MMR
ďź1ST DOSE AT THE AGE OF 9-12 MONTHS
ďź2ND DOSE AT THE AGE OF 15-18
MONTHS
0.5 ml SUBCUTANEOUSLY AT RIGHT
UPPER ARM
13. INTRODUCTION
ďTHIS IS AN ACUTE VIRAL INFECTION
ALSO CALLED INFECTIOUS PAROTITIS
ďIT IS CHARACTERISED BY PAINFUL
SWELLING OF SALIVARY GLANDS
ESPECIALLY THE PAROTID AND
FREQUENTLY BY CNS INVOLVEMENT
ďTHE MAJORITY OF SUFERERS (80%)
BELONG TO PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP
ďA SINGLE ATTACK LEADS TO LIFE LONG
IMMUNITY
14. EPIDEMIOLOGY
ďCAUSATIVE ORGANISM: MUMPS VIRUS
ďINCIDENCE:
⢠ENDEMIC WORLD OVER.
⢠MOST CASES OCCUR B/W 5 & 15 YEARS.
⢠INCIDENCE IS HIGHER IN WINTER &
SPRING
16. CLINICAL FEATURES
ď§ ONE THIRD PATIENTS ARE
ASYMPTOMATIC
ď§ SYMPTOMS START WITH
ďźFEVER
ďźHEADACHE
ďźNAUSEA
ďźMALAISE
ďźLOSS OF APETITE
17. CLINICAL FEATURES
ďSALIVARY MANIFESTATIONS:
⢠PAIN NEAR LOBE OF EAR AND DIFFICULTY IN
CHEWING
⢠PAROTID SWELLING
⢠ENLARGED PAROTID OBLITERATE MANDIBULAR
ANGLE
⢠OPENING OF STENSON DUCT APPEAR RED
⢠SUBMAXILLARY AND SUBLINGUAL GLANDS MAY
ALSO BE ENLARGED.
20. PROGNOSIS
ď§PROGNOSIS IS EXCELLENT
ď§THE DISEASE BEGINS
UNILATERALLY BUT
INVOLVES OTHER SIDE ALSO
WITHIN 48 TO 72 HRS IN 75%
ď§FEVER AND TENDERNESS
SETTLE IN 1-6 DAYS
ď§SWELLING DISAPPEARS IN 6-
10 DAYS.
22. PREVENTION & TREATMENT
ď§ SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT IS DONE
ď§ PARACETAMOL AND ASPIRIN IS GIVEN
FOR PAIN
ď§ WARM SALINE MOUTH WASHES
ď§ CHILD SHOULD BE ISOLATED UNTIL
PAROTID SWELLING HAS RESOLVED
PROPHYLAXIS: ADMINISTRATION OF
MMR VACCINE
ďź1ST DOSE AT THE AGE OF 9-12 MONTHS
ďź2ND DOSE AT THE AGE OF 15-18
MONTHS
24. INTRODUCTION
ď§IT IS A LESS CONTAGIOUS VIRAL
DISEASE CHARACTERISED BY MILD
PRODRONAL SYMPTOMS, A TYPICAL
ERUPTION & ENLARGEMENT OF
CERVICAL LYMPH NODES.
25. INTRODUCTION
ď§MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD RUBELLA
OR VACCINE ARE PROTECTED AGAINST
THE VIRUS FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES
ď§BECAUSE OF ROUTINE VACCINATION
AGAINST RUBELLA SINCE 1970, RUBELLA
IS NOW RARELY REPORTED
26. EPIDEMIOLOGY
ďCAUSATIVE ORGANISM: RUBELLA
VIRUS A ss-RNA TOGA VIRUS
ďMODE OF TRANSMISSION:
⢠DIRECT CONTACT
⢠DROPLET METHOD
ďPERIOD OF INFECTIVITY: 5 DAYS PRIOR
TO AND 4 DAYS AFTER THE
APPEARANCE OF RASH.
28. CLINICAL FEATURES
ďINCUBATION PERIOD: 14-21 DAYS
AVG. 16 DAYS
ďPRODROMAL PHASE:
⢠IT LAST FOR A FEW DAYS
⢠SLIGHT MALAISE
⢠TENDER POSTERIOR CERVICAL
LYMPHADENOPATHY.
ďąTHIS PHASE MAY BE ENTIRELY
ABSENT OR REMAIN UNNOTICED.
29. CLINICAL FEATURESRASH
ďś1ST VISIBLE SIGN
ďśIT IS MACULE WHICH SPREAD
FROM FACE TO TRUNK &
EXTREMITIES
ďśMACULES LATER BLEND
ďśERUPTION DISAPPEAR BY 3RD DAY
30. CONGENITAL RUBELLA
SYNDROME
⢠INFANTS BORN TO RUBELLA INFECTED MOTHER, MAY
SUFFER FROM MULTIPLE CONGENITAL DEFECTS WHICH IS
CALLED CRS.
ďITS SYMPTOMS ARE:
⢠GROWTH RETARDATION
⢠MENTAL RETARDATION
⢠CHD(PDA)
⢠DEAFNESS
⢠RETINAL LESIONS
32. PREVENTION & TREATMENT
⢠NO SPECIFIC TREATMENT
⢠TREAT COMPLICATIONS
ďPROPHYLAXIS: ONLY RELIABLE
MEANS OF PREVENTING IS
ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINE MMR
ďź1ST DOSE AT THE AGE OF 9-12 MONTHS
ďź2ND DOSE AT THE AGE OF 15-18
MONTHS
0.5 ml SUBCUTANEOUSLY AT RIGHT
UPPER ARM
33.
34. INTRODUCTION
ďMEASLES IS GENERALLY CORRELATED
WITH ROMANTIKA.
ďACHARYA CHARAKA HAS DESCRIBED IT
IN SHOTHA CHIKITSADHYAY.
ďACHARYA MADHAVAKARA CALLED IT A
TYPE OF âMASURIKAâ & DESCRIBED IT.
ďIT IS A KAPHA & PITTA DOSHA
DOMINANT DISEASE.
35. NIDANA
ACCORDING TO ACHARYA SUSHRUTA IT IS AN
UPSARGAJANYA VYADHI, SO ITS CAUSES ARE
SIMILAR TO THAT,,WHICH ARE:
ď CONTACT WITH INFECTED PERSONâS BODY
PARTS.
ďEXPIRATION [NIH: SHWASA]
ďEATING, SITTING & SLEEPING TOGETHER.
ďSHARING CLOTHES & OTHER ARTICLES WITH
INFECTED PERSON
36. LAKSHANA
ACCORDING TO CHARAK SAMHITA CHIKITSA
STHANA 12/92 ITS SYMPTOMS ARE
ďSMALL RED RASHES ALL OVER THE BODY
(PIDAKA)
ďFEVER (JWARA)
ďBURNING SENSATION (DAHA)
ďEXCESSIVE THIRST (TRISHNA)
ďITCHING (KANDU)
ďANOREXIA (ARUCHI)
ďCOMMON COLD (PRATISHYAY)
38. CHIKITSA
ďTRIBHUVANA KIRTI RASA:
1/4-1/2 TABLET WITH ADRAKHA RASA AND HONEY
ďPRAVALA PISHTI:
30-60 mg WITH HONEY
ďLAKSHMI NARAYANA RASA + GOROCHANA +
PRAVALA PISHTI IN EQUAL PARTS:
30-60 mg WITH HONEY OR PATOLADI KWATHA