Measles

Measles, or rubeola, is a highly contagious disease caused by a paramyxovirus. It is commonly observed during childhood that nearly all children worldwide are at risk of getting infected by it.

Symptoms
7-14 days after exposure to the virus, the symptoms appear in the form of cold, fever, watery eyes and dry cough. Four days later, skin rashes that is consisted of small rounded spots with reddish skin in the middle initially appears on the sides of the face and neck. It gradually spread all over the body. The spots grew darker as it lasts longer.

Usually, it is accompanied by fever and diarrhea. High fever and delirious state are apparent during severe conditions. Complications include bronchitis, abscesses in the ears and pneumonia. Rare complications affect the brain.

Causes
Measles is a very contagious disease that is caused by a virus that is transmitted through aerosol means such as sneezing or coughing. Unhealthy dietary habits and living in unsanitary environment also contributes to its causes.

Home Remedies
Orange: Drink plenty of orange juice to overcome intense toxaemia and intense hunger and thirst.

Lemon: Dilute 15-25 ml of lemon juice in water. Drink to quench thirst.

Turmeric: Dry raw turmeric roots under the sun and ground it into fine powder. Mix ½ teaspoon of turmeric powder, a few drops of honey and bitter gourd leaf juice.

Licorice: Take ½ teaspoon of licorice powder mixed with equal parts honey to relieve cough due to measles.

Barley: Mix barley water with fresh sweet almond oil and drink it frequently to ease cough.

Egg plant: Take ½-1 gm of egg plant seeds everyday for 3 days. Egg plant seeds are stimulant and they are effective in preventing measles contraction for 1 year.

Diets
Drink fresh orange and lemon juices frequently to bring back loss appetite.

Undergo an exclusive fruit diet for a few days as the condition improves. Follow with a healthy and well-balanced diet afterwards.

Further Suggestions
Stay inside a well-ventilated room. This room should have subdued lighting that is enough to shade the eyes from too much sunlight as light has harmful effect on the eyes due to its weakened external eye tissues.

Administer a warm water enema every morning along with mudpack application on the abdomen in the morning and in the evening. Apply chest pack repeatedly as well. This successive treatment will help bring down temperature from fever while eliminating toxins from the body. Take lukewarm baths everyday to relieve itchiness. Extracts from neem leaves can be added to the water.

Stay away from infected person to avoid contracting the same disease.

Let the infected child take a complete bed rest.