A person died of measles after a outbreak in West Texas that began in the end of the previous month and infected more than 100 people, mostly children. Lubock City spokesman Lauren Adams has confirmed death without revealing the person’s identity or age.

According to the state health department, the outbreak of measles in the rural western part of the state has now increased to 124 cases in nine counties. Eastern New Mexico also has an additional nine cases.

Measles is a respiratory virus that can survive in the air for two hours. According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible to will get the virus when they are exposed. Doctors say that most children recover from measles. If they get it, infection can lead to dangerous complications such as pneumonia, blindness, brain inflammation, and even death.

Menonite community affected by measles

According to news reports, outbreak is spreading to a large extent in the Menonight community where small cities are separated from the huge parts of oil rig-dotted land, but work, church, grocery purchases and other cities Is connected due to people traveling between. Day to day work.

The outbreaks occurred amidst an increase in American-Anti-Vacuxine spirit, including measles, kanthamala, and rubella (MMR) Jab that is usually given during childhood.

According to the Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC), most American children get two shots to protect against the disease, which are 97 percent effective to protect me from measles together. Health experts say the disease can be controlled or even erased with appropriate vaccination rates – which is defined as 95 percent of the vaccine receiving community.

But the rate of vaccination in some communities has decreased in recent decades as a loose network of vaccine suspicion has questioned the safety and efficacy of shots, without evidence.

What is measles?

Measles is a viral disease that causes fever and a red rash that is highly contagious and spreads through the air when infection talks, cough, or sneeze. While there is no medical treatment for measles, you have to let the virus run your course.

Symptoms usually develop about eight to 12 days after coming in contact with someone with measles. However, it has happened many times that it takes up to 21 days to develop symptoms after risk. The most common measles symptoms include:

• High fever
• Fatigue and fatigue
• A barkey cough
• Red or blood eyes
• Spreading a flowing nose and throat
• Muscle pain
• Light sensitivity

Doctors say that a few days after these symptoms begin, you will develop a red, blot grain that spreads from your face to the rest of your body. The rash itself lasts for about seven to 10 days.

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