Measles is a very contagious disease which
is rarely escaped in childhood. It is
especially dangerous for infants and young
children. The virus which causes measles '
is present in the nose and throat dis-*
° urges of the--sick person and is easily
read to others by coughing and sneezing
.on by talking.
HO-7 TO NICOGNIZE M3A.SLES
A slight fever is usually the first define
ite sign of measles. It commonly appears
about 10 days after exposure. Next, tho
child’s eyes become rod and'watery, vith
puffiness of the lower lids. Within a
day or so the usual signs of a cold with
sneezing, running nose, and a tight hack
ing cough arc present.
It is during this early period that measles
is most contagious. The child may appear
to have only a cold. But tho mother who
sends her child to school or allows him to
play in the street at this time is helping
to spread the disease to other children, “
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rThcn both tho
"cold" and tho
temperature arc
at thoir height
(usually about
three or four
days after it is
,'app arc nt t ha t' t ho
. child is ill),
the rash starts to break out. This erup
tion consists of red spots v/Mch usually
aJpoAr first behind the oars,-.on the /fore
head, or on tbg checks, and then spread s‘\
dorm the" body, •'The spots collect*in aldrgo/
red blotches and usually itch. --'Once {the'//
rash is full blovm the fever falls rapidly*”
and the patient begins :to. feel muth better.
Mith the execution of ;the cough, .uhich may/
last for some" time, the signs or a cold
usually clear up quickly.
The rash usually lasts about five days and
then fades in.the order of Its-appearance.
After it disappears, the skin*of the face
and body begins to peel in the form of fine,
branlike flakes. This pooling usually
lasts for tiro of 'three days,' sometimes
longer.
imSLES IS SERIOUS . -Colit. oh'pp*. 10
Measles' is to be foa^d chiefly because
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EDWARD ROBINSON—JOAN BENNfT
ALSO CARTOON CQMEDY
China
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