Measles exposure confirmed in Merced County, health officials say

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Merced County Department of Public Health says it has recovered a lawsuit of measles.

The section has identified exposures and is presently moving with those people.

Measles is simply a highly contagious airborne illness that tin origin terrible sickness, particularly successful young children.

The viral corruption spreads easy done the aerial erstwhile an infected idiosyncratic breathes, talks, coughs, oregon sneezes.

Measles symptoms don't look until 10 to 14 days aft exposure. They see cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever, and a red, blotchy tegument rash.

However, the infected idiosyncratic tin dispersed the illness up to 4 days earlier a measles rash appears.

The viral corruption tin besides pb to terrible complications, including blindness, encephalon swelling and damage, receptor infections, and breathing problems. In immoderate cases, these complications tin beryllium deadly.

Measles is easy preventable by a vaccine. The Merced County Department of Public Health encourages everyone to corroborate their measles vaccination presumption with their healthcare supplier oregon by looking up their digital vaccine record.

Call your healthcare supplier oregon section Public Health Department if you request a vaccine.