Causes, Symptoms and Diet for Measles (Romantika)
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Romantika is a common disease of the respiratory tract. It is characterized by the formation of pink or red pin-like rashes on the body
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Romantika is a common disease of the respiratory tract. It is characterized by the formation of pink or red pin-like rashes on the body. The rashes appear mostly on the cheeks, but can spread to the chest, back, hands and legs. Along with the skin eruptions, there are also measles symptoms of common cold like a runny nose, watery eyes, etc. A typical case of romantika lasts for five days, but it can last up to two weeks in some cases. Romantika is a viral disease. It is extremely contagious by the agency of air. Out of the people living in direct contact with a person having romantika, ninety percent will get the disease themselves. Hence, romantika needs careful quarantining and prevention, especially in the first two days of the onset of the disease.
Causes and Risk Factors of Measles
Measles is most common in school-age children with outbreaks occurring in the winter and spring.
The occurrence of measles before the age of 6 months is relatively uncommon because of passively acquired maternal antibodies from the immune mother.
Measles Symptoms(Romantika)
Once the paramyxo virus has entered the body of a healthy person, he or she can take from ten to twelve days for the measles symptoms to begin showing. The measles symptoms are quite general and they follow a set pattern in all affected people.
Incubation Period – This is the time lag between the exposure to the virus to the actual culmination of the disease. It lasts from ten to twelve days. It is on the fourteenth day from exposure that the primary rashes begin to appear.
Prodrome – Prodrome sets in when the incubation period is over. This is characterized by the onset of common cold like symptoms. The person will have a runny nose and watery eyes. Fever begins one to two days later, with the temperature running up to 103 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. In some cases there can be ocular complications like conjunctivitis.
Appearance of rash – The rash appears one or two days after the common cold symptoms
are shown. The rash appears as pinkish and then darkens progressively. Koplik spots appear, which are pinhead like macropapules. These spots may appear blue in color. The rash begins on the cheeks and then continues to progress downwards, from the trunk to the limbs.
Disappearance of rash – About three to four days later, the rash begins to fade. The rash goes away in the same order as it appeared. Once the rash is gone, there may or may not be a slight fever.
Diet During Measles (Romantika)
A healthy diet ensures that you are well-protected from the paramyxo virus, as well as the side-effects that this disease can cause. Follow the dietary regimen given below:-
Romatika causes a lot of dehydration within the body. Hence the foods must supply for this loss of water. Include lots of fresh fruits in your diet, especially citrus fruits like oranges, grapes, cantaloupes, etc. that contain high water content.
Vitamin A-rich foods are also to be included in the diet because they build up body resistance against fevers. Carrots are the best source of vitamin A. Papaya is also rich in vitamin A content.
Foods like parsley quicken the healing process. They make the blisters ripen faster and degenerate.
When the romantika symptoms begin to show up in a person, it is advisable to give him or her all-fruit diet for the first three days, and then gradually begin the normal diet. Fruits have high water content which will supplement the water requirement of the patient.
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