Measles is not a harmless childhood disease. In addition, every third person is an adult. The consequences can still occur years later. When adults become ill, are the gradients are sometimes dramatic.
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Measles – not a harmless childhood disease
For years observed Here and Impfskepsis is not without consequences: last year in the 53 countries of the “Europe Region” (including Russia and Turkey health organization (WHO)), according to the world so many people with measles infected in the last ten years. Within a year the number of cases increased three-fold. Compared with 2016 15 would have been even times as many people infected. 2016 was recorded with a low record for the contagions.
Measles are not a harmless childhood disease
More than 100,000 children die each year worldwide from measles. The measles Virus can infect the brain and is therefore dangerous. The most frequently children under the age of 5 and adults over 20 years are affected.
The diagnosis is made by the clinical picture (point-shaped redness on the skin, starting behind the ears) and the detection of antibodies in the blood. It can cause pneumonia, diarrhea or ear infections.
A more dangerous complication of a brain skin inflammation. This occurs rarely but can be fatal or lead to severe mental disabilities. In rare cases, such a brain skin inflammation as a result of measles, even years later break out. A specific therapy does not exist. Only one vaccination after 12. Month of life can protect against the Virus.
Initial flu-like symptoms, the typical skin rash
Alarming Figures
In Germany, the Trend was the WHO claims to the opposite effect: After about 900 measles cases in 2017, have been reported in the past year, only about 500 cases.
WHO belongs to the “Europe Region”, alongside the EU, Russia, Turkey, Israel, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. In the 53 countries in the European Region, in 2018, almost 82 600 people had with measles infected – 72 children and adults had died, the WHO.
By far the most difficult of the Ukraine, with more than 53 000 cases, was affected. More than 2000 cases were reported from Serbia (5076), Israel (2919), France (2913), Russia (2256), Italy (2517), Georgia (2203) and Greece (2193).
Even so many people as never before had been vaccinated in the Region in the past year, at the same time against measles. But it’s not that rich yet, said the Director of the regional Bureau Zsuzsanna Jakab. “We need to do more and better, in order to protect every single Person from diseases, which can easily be avoided.”