Nepalgunj . There has been an increase in cases of measles in Banke. There has been an increase in the number of patients coming to Bheri Hospital, Nepalgunj Medical College and private clinics. Doctors say that it appears like an epidemic.
According to doctors, children are more affected by Theula. “Daily 8/10 sick children are coming for treatment” Dr. Nepalgunj Medical College Senior Pediatrician. Piyush Kumar Kanodia said, ‘Now it is seen that measles is spreading very much, because it is moving at a fast pace, caution should be taken, patients with measles should be isolated.’
Dr. Kanodia said that the smallpox known as ‘chickenpox’ is caused by the ‘varicella zoster’ virus. According to him, this virus is easily transmitted by touching the water of the patient’s cough or spittle and blisters on the patient’s skin. Symptoms appear within 10 to 21 days of being infected.
Its main symptoms are fever, lethargy and itchy rash on the body. Measles usually starts from the face and spreads over the body through the neck, chest, back. The blisters turn into water blisters and fall off as blisters. Water boils are highly contagious and the virus can easily be spread by touching. This process ends in a week/ten days.
