Officials from the Maryland Department of Health and Howard County on Sunday announced a positive case of measles in a Howard County resident who recently traveled internationally.
The department said the matter is not associated with the spread of measles in Texas and New Mexico. In a release, he shared a frequent “caution, health officials are harmonizing in trying to identify those who have been exposed, including contacting potentially exposed passengers in specific flights.”
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The initial symptoms of measles are more than 101 degrees Fahrenheit, nose running nose, cough and red, water eye fever. Generally, after one to four days of initial symptoms, a red itching appears on the face and spreads to the rest of the body.
Symptoms of measles usually occur after 10-14 days of virus exposure, but can soon develop seven days and after 21 days of exposure. The measles person is contagious, starting four days before the hurry, four days after being rushed.
According to the Maryland State Health Department, those who are at risk of complications with measles infection are pregnant women, infants under the age of one and the immune compromise.
People in those dangerous groups who are concerned about potential exhibitions and do not have immunity should contact their health care provider or call the Howard County Department of Health’s Infectious Disease Monitoring and Response Program at 410-313-6284 for additional guidance.
The release states that “measles cases in Maryland are found intermittently” in recent cases there is a matter of measles in Maryland in 2024, In a 2023And no cases from 2020-2022.
