Measles it’s an dangerous viral disease, highly contagious, which affect mostly the children through red eruptions, visible on the skin, catarrhal symptoms and fever. Measles is well know as rubeola, a severe disease. Its complications are: brain inflammation pneumonia and ear infections. This virus is highly contagious and can be easily contacted by air when someone infected sneeze or coughs or by contact with the nose secretions.

This disease come with the future immunity of it and usually it last five days, five days of pain and blotchy red rash The main cause is the measles virus called Paramyzovirus, a virus which often attack in the winter and spring. It’s a virus which use the air to spread itself and enter in our body through the respiratory system. The causes can be:

• Physical contact with the infected people
• Secretion spread trough coughs or sneezes;
• Immunodeficiency;
• Vitamin A deficiency;
• Malnutrition;

The symptoms will make their appearance after 7-11 days from first contact with the virus and this ones can be:

• Sneezing;
• Red spots inside the mouth;
• Runny nose;
• Skin rash;
• Koplik spots;
• Light sensityvity;
• Barking cough or just coughing;
• High fever;

The treatment should start with quarantine, in order to stop the disease from spreading. Use antibiotic medication in case of a bacterial infection. Take care of the eye because they could be sensitive to high light and if they have a discharge, wash them without rubbing them. Keep the light off in the room or use sunglasses. In the days with high fever it’s essentially to drink at least 8 ounces of water per day. An infected person should urinate every 2 hours. A balanced diet is important too and for the itching use a lotion in the damaged area. This disease can be treated home with home remedies like:

• Lobelia and Yarrow for recovery;
• Garlic oil to stop the infection form affecting all the body;
• Orange Juice is great when is comes to measles treatment;
• Lemonade is a good option too;
• Ginger tea should be taken especially to deal with the fever;
• Drink sake root tea or saffron tea to speed up the healing process.