MEASLES IS A VIRAL INFECTION THAT STARTS IN THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.IT STILL REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT CAUSE OF DEATH WORLDWIDE, DESPITE THE AVAILABILITY OF A SAFE,EFFECTIVE VACCINE.

1. ◦ ANTHONY-NWAEKE
ABIGAIL
◦ FACULTY OF HEALTH
SCIENCES
◦ DEPARTMENT OF
NURSING
◦ 200 LEVEL

3. TERM PAPER PRESENTATION
TOPIC
VIRAL DISEASES

4. CONTENT
◦ NATURE/PREVALENCE
• SYMPTOMS
◦ ASSOCIATED DISEASES
◦ TREATMENT
◦ SUGGESTED MEDICAMENT
◦ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

5. MEASLES

6. MEASLES (NATURE)
◦MEASLES IS A VIRAL
INFECTION THAT STARTS IN
THE RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM.IT STILL REMAINS A
SIGNIFICANT CAUSE OF
DEATH WORLDWIDE,
DESPITE THE AVAILABILITY
OF A SAFE,EFFECTIVE
VACCINE.

7. SYMPTOMS
◦ COUGH
◦ FEVER
◦ RUNNY NOSE
◦ RED EYES
◦ SORE THROAT
◦ WHITE SPOTS INSIDE THE MOUTH
A WIDESPREAD SKIN RASH IS A CLASSSIC SIGN
OF MEASLES.THIS RASH CAN LAST UP TO 7DAYS
AND GENERALLY APPEARS WITHIN 14DAYS OF
EXPOSURE OF THE VIRUS.IT COMMONLY
DEVELOPS ON THE HEAD AND SLOWLY SPREADS
TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY.

8. CAUSES
◦ MEASLES IS CAUSED BY INFECTION
WITH A VIRUS FROM THE
PARAMYXOVIRUS(A NEGATIVE STRAND
RNA VIRUSES,VERTEBRATES SERVES AS
NATURAL HOSTS) FAMILY.VIRUSES ARE
TINY PARASITIC MICROBES.ONCE
YOU’VE BEEN INFECTED,THE VIRUS
INVADES HOST CELLS AND USES
CELLULAR COMPONENTS TO COMPLETE
ITS LIFE CYCLE.
◦ MEASLES IS ONLY KNOWN TO OCCUR
IN HUMANS AND NOT IN OTHER
ANIMALS.THEY ARE 24 KNOWN GENETIC
TYPES OF MEASLES ALTHOUGH ONLY 6
ARE CURRENTLY CIRCULATING.

9. MODE OF TRANSMISSION
◦ CONTAMINATED DROPLETS THAT ARE
SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR WHEN YOU
COUGH,SNEEZE OR TALK.
◦ KISSING SOMEONE WHO HAS MEASLES
◦ SHAKING HANDS OR HOLDING HANDS
OR HUGGING SOMEONE WITH
MEASLES
◦ FROM PREGNANT PEOPLE TO THEIR
BABIES-EITHER DURING THE
PREGNANCY,DELIVERY OR WHILE
NURSING

10. DIAGNOSIS
DOCTORS CONFIRM MEASLES BY
EXAMINING YOUR SKIN RASH AND
CHECKING FOR SYMPTOMS THAT ARE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISEASE,
SUCH AS WHITE SPOTS IN THE
MOUTH,FEVER,COUGH AND SORE
THROAT,URINE,SECRETIONS FROM
YOUR NOSE AND THROAT.
IF THEY SUSPECT YOU MAY HAVE
MEASLES BASED ON YOUR HISTORY
AND OBSERVATION, YOUR DOCTOR
WILL ORDER A BLOOD TEST TO
CHECK FOR THE MEASLES VIRUS

11. COMPLICATIONS OF MEASLES
◦ CHILDREN AGES 5 YEARS OLD
OR YOUNGER
◦ PREGNANT PEOPLE
◦ ADULTS AGES 20 OR OLDER
◦ PEOPLE WITH WEAKENED
IMMUNE SYSTEMS
◦ THESE COULD LEAD TO:
◦ DIARRHEA
◦ PNEUMONIA
◦ DEATH

12. TREATMENT
◦TAKING IBUPROFEN FOR
ACHES,PAINS OR FEVER
◦GETTING PLENTY OF
REST
◦DRINKING ENOUGH
FLUIDS

13. PREVENTION
◦ VACCINATION
◦ WEAR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WHICH
INCLUDES MASKS,GOWN FOR MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS
◦ YOU SHOULD WASH YOUR HANDS
REGULARLY