Mmr Vaccine
Measles is an infectious disease that is caused by a virus. This virus can adapt in the nose and throat of people that have this disease. The ways in which this illness can be spread is by physical contact, coughing and sneezing. The virus in the mucus of the nose can also remain actively infectious for two hours. This means that you can become ill by being in touch with the virus not only inside the body but also outside, for example, it can be found on door handles. Once you have been infected, this virus multiplies in the back of the throat and in the lungs, then spreading throughout the body. Some of the symptoms of measles are a high temperature, conjunctivitis, small white spots inside the mouth, a cough, aches and pain, diarrhea and vomiting, and a rash on the head and neck, which then spreads down the body.[1]
Mumps is also a disease caused by a virus which can spread through saliva and which usually infects the salivary glands. In case of having mumps, these glands swell and it becomes very painful.[2] It can be caught also by coughing, or sneezing, or touching something that has been infected with the virus. The most common symptoms of mumps are the swelling of the glands named before, the mouth starts being dry, it is sore while chewing or swallowing, fever or a headache, feeling tired all the time, and mild abdominal pain.[3]
Rubella is an infection that affects the skin and lymph nodes. The rubella virus, which is not the same that causes measles, causes it and droplets in the nose or throats that others breathe in usually transmit it. One of the main medical dangers of the rubella virus is that it can pass through a pregnant woman’s bloodstream and cause congenital rubella syndrome in the developing child. The symptoms of rubella include, mild fever, swollen, tender lymph nodes, usually in the back of the neck or behind the ears, a rash which spreads from the face and downwards, conjunctivitis, pain and swelling in the joints, and a stuffy or runny
Mumps is also a disease caused by a virus which can spread through saliva and which usually infects the salivary glands. In case of having mumps, these glands swell and it becomes very painful.[2] It can be caught also by coughing, or sneezing, or touching something that has been infected with the virus. The most common symptoms of mumps are the swelling of the glands named before, the mouth starts being dry, it is sore while chewing or swallowing, fever or a headache, feeling tired all the time, and mild abdominal pain.[3]
Rubella is an infection that affects the skin and lymph nodes. The rubella virus, which is not the same that causes measles, causes it and droplets in the nose or throats that others breathe in usually transmit it. One of the main medical dangers of the rubella virus is that it can pass through a pregnant woman’s bloodstream and cause congenital rubella syndrome in the developing child. The symptoms of rubella include, mild fever, swollen, tender lymph nodes, usually in the back of the neck or behind the ears, a rash which spreads from the face and downwards, conjunctivitis, pain and swelling in the joints, and a stuffy or runny