INTRODUCTION
•IT IS THE COMMONEST AND MOST
INFECTIOUS OF ALL THE VIRUSES OF
CHILDHOOD.
•IT IS THE FREQUENT CAUSE OF ILL
HEALTH AND MORBIDITY ESPECIALLY
IN THE UNDERNOURISHED INFANTS
AND CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 3
YEARS.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
CAUSATIVE AGENT: MEASLES VIRUS OF
PARAMYXOVIRIDAE FAMILY
MODE OF TRANSMISSION: BY DIRECT
SPREAD FROM SECRETION OF NOSE AND
THROAD.
PERIOD OF INFECTIVITY: 4 DAYS PRIOR
TO AND 5 DAYS AFTER THE APPEARANCE
OF RASH.
INCIDENCE:HIGHEST IN WINTER AND
SPRING
PATHOLOGY
INFECT BY
INVASION OF
RESPIRATORY
EPITHELIUM
LOCAL
MULTIPLICATIO
N
VIREMIA
SPREAD TO
RETICULO-
ENDOTHELIAL
SYSTEM
SECONDARY
VIREMIA
SYSTEMIC
SYMPTOMS
CLINICAL FEATURES
INCUBATION PERIOD: 8-12 DAYS
PRODROMAL PHASE:
•MODERATE RISE IN TEMPERATURE
•COUGH
•RUNNING NOSE
•SNEEZING
•REDNESS OF EYES
•EXCESSIVE LACRIMATION
CLINICAL FEATURES
•KOPLIK’S SPOTS
CLINICAL FEATURES
ERUPTIVE PHASE:
•FEVER RISE AGAIN
RASH:
1
ST
APPEAR BEHIND EARS, FOREHEAD, FACE,
NECK AND SPREAD TO TRUNK, EXTREMITIES,
PALMS AND SOLES.
DIAGNOSIS
•BASED ON CLINICAL
DIAGNOSIS
•SEROLOGICAL TESTS
FOR CONFIRMA -TION
•IgM ANTIBODIES.
PREVENTION & TREATMENT
•THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TREATMENT.
•ONLY SYMPTOMATIC AND SUPPORTIVE
TREATMENT IS DONE.
GIVE BATH TO CHILD DAILY
WASH MOUTH AND BRUSH TEETH DAILY
GIVE ADEQUATE FLUID
PREVENTION & TREATMENT
PROPHYLAXIS: ONLY RELIABLE
MEANS OF PREVENTING IS
ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINE MMR
1
ST
DOSE AT THE AGE OF 9 -12 MONTHS
2
ND
DOSE AT THE AGE OF 15 -18
MONTHS
0.5 ml SUBCUTANEOUSLY AT RIGHT
UPPER ARM
KARNAMOOLA SHOTHA
INTRODUCTION
THIS IS AN ACUTE VIRAL INFECTION
ALSO CALLED INFECTIOUS PAROTITIS
IT IS CHARACTERISED BY PAINFUL
SWELLING OF SALIVARY GLANDS
ESPECIALLY THE PAROTID AND
FREQUENTLY BY CNS INVOLVEMENT
THE MAJORITY OF SUFERERS (80%)
BELONG TO PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP
A SINGLE ATTACK LEADS TO LIFE LONG
IMMUNITY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
CAUSATIVE ORGANISM: MUMPS VIRUS
INCIDENCE:
•ENDEMIC WORLD OVER.
•MOST CASES OCCUR B/W 5 & 15 YEARS.
•INCIDENCE IS HIGHER IN WINTER &
SPRING
EPIDEMIOLOGY
TRANSMISSION:
•DIRECT CONTACT.
•AIRBORNE DROPLETS.
PERIOD OF INFECTIVITY: 7 DAYS PRIOR
TO AND 9 DAYS AFTER THE
APPEARANCE OF SWELLING.
INCUBATION PERIOD: 2 TO 4 WEEKS
CLINICAL FEATURES
ONE THIRD PATIENTS ARE
ASYMPTOMATIC
SYMPTOMS START WITH
FEVER
HEADACHE
NAUSEA
MALAISE
LOSS OF APETITE
CLINICAL FEATURES
SALIVARY MANIFESTATIONS:
•PAIN NEAR LOBE OF EAR AND DIFFICULTY IN
CHEWING
•PAROTID SWELLING
•ENLARGED PAROTID OBLITERATE MANDIBULAR
ANGLE
•OPENING OF STENSON DUCT APPEAR RED
•SUBMAXILLARY AND SUBLINGUAL GLANDS MAY
ALSO BE ENLARGED.
PROGNOSIS
PROGNOSIS IS EXCELLENT
THE DISEASE BEGINS
UNILATERALLY BUT
INVOLVES OTHER SIDE ALSO
WITHIN 48 TO 72 HRS IN 75%
FEVER AND TENDERNESS
SETTLE IN 1-6 DAYS
SWELLING DISAPPEARS IN 6 -
10 DAYS.
DIAGNOSIS
BASED ON
CLINICAL
FEATURES
SERUM IgM
ELISA
PREVENTION & TREATMENT
SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT IS DONE
PARACETAMOL AND ASPIRIN IS GIVEN
FOR PAIN
WARM SALINE MOUTH WASHES
CHILD SHOULD BE ISOLATED UNTIL
PAROTID SWELLING HAS RESOLVED
PROPHYLAXIS: ADMINISTRATION OF
MMR VACCINE
1
ST
DOSE AT THE AGE OF 9 -12 MONTHS
2
ND
DOSE AT THE AGE OF 15 -18
MONTHS
GERMAN MEASLES
INTRODUCTION
IT IS A LESS CONTAGIOUS VIRAL
DISEASE CHARACTERISED BY MILD
PRODRONAL SYMPTOMS, A TYPICAL
ERUPTION & ENLARGEMENT OF
CERVICAL LYMPH NODES.
INTRODUCTION
MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD RUBELLA
OR VACCINE ARE PROTECTED AGAINST
THE VIRUS FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES
BECAUSE OF ROUTINE VACCINATION
AGAINST RUBELLA SINCE 1970, RUBELLA
IS NOW RARELY REPORTED
EPIDEMIOLOGY
CAUSATIVE ORGANISM: RUBELLA
VIRUS A ss-RNA TOGA VIRUS
MODE OF TRANSMISSION:
•DIRECT CONTACT
•DROPLET METHOD
PERIOD OF INFECTIVITY: 5 DAYS PRIOR
TO AND 4 DAYS AFTER THE
APPEARANCE OF RASH.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
INCIDENCE:
•OCCURS WORLDWIDE
•PEAK INCIDENCE IS IN EARLY
WINTER OR LATE SPRING
INCUBATION PERIOD:
14-21 DAYS
AVG. 16 DAYS
CLINICAL FEATURES
INCUBATION PERIOD: 14-21 DAYS
AVG. 16 DAYS
PRODROMAL PHASE:
•IT LAST FOR A FEW DAYS
•SLIGHT MALAISE
•TENDER POSTERIOR CERVICAL
LYMPHADENOPATHY.
THIS PHASE MAY BE ENTIRELY
ABSENT OR REMAIN UNNOTICED.
CLINICAL FEATURES
RASH
1
ST
VISIBLE SIGN
IT IS MACULE WHICH SPREAD
FROM FACE TO TRUNK &
EXTREMITIES
MACULES LATER BLEND
ERUPTION DISAPPEAR BY 3
RD
DAY
CONGENITAL RUBELLA
SYNDROME
•INFANTS BORN TO RUBELLA INFECTED MOTHER, MAY
SUFFER FROM MULTIPLE CONGENITAL DEFECTS WHICH IS
CALLED CRS.
ITS SYMPTOMS ARE:
•GROWTH RETARDATION
•MENTAL RETARDATION
•CHD(PDA)
•DEAFNESS
•RETINAL LESIONS
PREVENTION & TREATMENT
•NO SPECIFIC TREATMENT
•TREAT COMPLICATIONS
PROPHYLAXIS: ONLY RELIABLE
MEANS OF PREVENTING IS
ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINE MMR
1
ST
DOSE AT THE AGE OF 9 -12 MONTHS
2
ND
DOSE AT THE AGE OF 15 -18
MONTHS
0.5 ml SUBCUTANEOUSLY AT RIGHT
UPPER ARM
INTRODUCTION
MEASLES IS GENERALLY CORRELATED
WITH ROMANTIKA.
ACHARYA CHARAKA HAS DESCRIBED IT
IN SHOTHA CHIKITSADHYAY.
ACHARYA MADHAVAKARA CALLED IT A
TYPE OF “MASURIKA” & DESCRIBED IT.
IT IS A KAPHA & PITTA DOSHA
DOMINANT DISEASE.
NIDANA
ACCORDING TO ACHARYA SUSHRUTA IT IS AN
UPSARGAJANYA VYADHI, SO ITS CAUSES ARE
SIMILAR TO THAT,,WHICH ARE:
CONTACT WITH INFECTED PERSON’S BODY
PARTS.
EXPIRATION [NIH: SHWASA]
EATING, SITTING & SLEEPING TOGETHER.
SHARING CLOTHES & OTHER ARTICLES WITH
INFECTED PERSON
LAKSHANA
ACCORDING TO CHARAK SAMHITA CHIKITSA
STHANA 12/92 ITS SYMPTOMS ARE
SMALL RED RASHES ALL OVER THE BODY
(PIDAKA)
FEVER (JWARA)
BURNING SENSATION (DAHA)
EXCESSIVE THIRST (TRISHNA)
ITCHING (KANDU)
ANOREXIA (ARUCHI)
COMMON COLD (PRATISHYAY)
CHIKITSA
TRIBHUVANA KIRTI RASA:
1/4-1/2 TABLET WITH ADRAKHA RASA AND HONEY
PRAVALA PISHTI:
30-60 mg WITH HONEY
LAKSHMI NARAYANA RASA + GOROCHANA +
PRAVALA PISHTI IN EQUAL PARTS:
30-60 mg WITH HONEY OR PATOLADI KWATHA
SUBMITTED BY:
MANDEEP KAUR
ROLL NO 24
GAC Patiala
SUBMITTED TO:
DR.K.K.CHOPRA
DR.SHALINI
DR.ASHWINI RANA