Ten-bed room for measles patients opened in Nangarhar’s Bibi Fatima Al-Zahra Hospital.
A 10-bed room for measles patients has been set up at the Bibi Fatima Al-Zahra Hospital in eastern Nangarhar province, said Dr. Fazlullah Seerat, the hospital’s director. Has done. Sirat added that with the activation of this ten-bedroom, the treatment of measles patients will be facilitated and the patients will be treated as much as possible.
The illness of Measles is an acute viral respiratory illness. It is characterized by a prodrome of fever (as high as 105°F) and malaise, cough, coryza, and conjunctivitis -the three “C”s -, pathognomonic enanthema (Koplik spots) followed by a maculopapular rash.
The rash usually appears about 14 days after a person is exposed. Measles is caused by an extremely contagious virus called morbillivirus. In fact, if 10 people who weren’t vaccinated were in a room with someone with measles, nine of those people would get measles. Measles is spread by: Contaminated droplets that are spread through the air when you cough, sneeze or talk.
