Related Medications

• Antibiotics
• Vitamin A (Retinol)

Measles Symptoms

Signs and symptoms
... Usually signs and symptoms of measles appear 10 to 12 days after exposure to the virus. They typically include: Fever Dry cough Runny nose Inflamed eyes (conjunctivitis) Sensitivity to light Tiny red ...

Causes
... The cause of measles is a virus. The measles virus is so contagious that if one person has it, 90 percent of their close contacts who aren''t immunized will become infected. The virus lives in the muc...

Measles Prevention

Prevention
... The measles vaccine is extremely effective. Before this vaccine, there were approximately 450,000 measles cases and 450 measles-associated deaths in the United States each year. Widespread use of the ...

Measles Treatment

Complications
... Measles usually lasts about 10 to 14 days. In some parts of the world, the disease is severe, even deadly. In Western countries, that''s usually not the case. People with measles may become quite ill,...

Treatment
... No treatment can get rid of an established measles infection. However, nonimmunized infants may be given the measles vaccination within 72 hours of exposure to the measles virus, to provide protection...

Measles Other

What is Measles?
... Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that at one time affected nearly everyone before age 20. But with the development of a vaccine and widespread immunization, measles has become rare in the ...

Overview
... The thought of measles may bring to mind the red, blotchy rash that often accompanies this disorder. But the rash is just an outward sign of the more worrisome changes happening inside the body. Measl...