Why babies under 9 months old suffering from measles?

Baby measles, especially in children younger than 9 months old to face with measles, this is very dangerous. So what is the cause of measles in babies under 9 months of age?

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Measles in baby girl

• Measles is an acute infectious disease caused by the measles virus, common in children. Measles is contagious from person to person, primarily via the respiratory tract, not through an intermediate host, measles occur year-round but often more powerful in the winter - spring. This is the time of high atmospheric humidity, the bacteria multiply and thrive. Measles Virus too, this is an appropriate time to develop them.
• Measles is spread rate in the community very fast, about 90% of children exposed to measles baby will become infected. These children are at high risk infants with measles are physically weak, premature infants, vaccination is not adequate precautions. Adults can also get measles if the body is not fully immune to measles.
• Measles baby is under 9 months of age accounted for about 8% / total number of cases of measles infection.

Why less than 9 months old baby infected with measles?

• Babies under 9 months old preschoolers to be vaccinated against measles vaccines. As usual children under 9 months of age were protected by maternal antibodies passed to. Children can be preventive or not depends on passive immunity from the mother. Children under 9 months of age may be infected with measles by the following reasons:
• First, if the mothers of these children are not immune to measles (they never had measles or they have not been vaccinated against measles), the children born have no immunity against measles. 
• Second, if the mothers received one dose of measles vaccine in the past but the body does not have enough to respond, or not respond strongly enough to generate protective immunity, thus no antibodies' communication for the child, or low antibody children should not be protected.
• Third, the mother has immunity to measles but not to breastfeed, this makes the child not receive full immunity from the mother. 
• Fourth, for some reason, the immune system of the child itself does not have the ability to maintain concentration of maternal antibodies to high concentrations for a long time.
• The World Health Organization recommends measles vaccination for children at 9 months of age, and the second injection when the children were 18 months. If the child has been immunized against measles once, we will have immunity against measles reached 80-85%, the second injection at 18 months of age, immunity to measles increased 90-95%. Because of these reasons, vaccination is a preventive measure measles most effective.

Measures to prevent measles in babies

• All these children have not been immunized against measles, parents should take them to the health center to receive tips. For children under 9 months, parents should not give babies exposed to the suspected typhus is caused by measles to prevent the spread, enhance nutrition to increase resistance.
• If the child has fever, rash similar to measles, the rash begins stain from the face then spreads down the legs, arms, accompanied by conjunctivitis eye, respiratory infection, the parents should consider measles. When it does not necessarily have to take the child to the hospital where the child should be isolated at home, care, good nutrition, reduce fever, lie in a cool place, protected from the wind blowing directly into the body.
• If your baby constantly high fever, shortness of breath, dehydration diarrhea, cough, pneumonia, respiratory failure ... parents should put the baby to the hospital to avoid complications. If you need to use antibiotics, they strictly adhere to the instructions of the doctor. What causes measles in children are caused by viruses, so antibiotics can not treat measles. Antibiotics are only indicated when complications from bacterial infections.
• Do not bathe the baby had measles, not arbitrarily use drugs.
• Measles is a benign disease, depending on the individual patient, but it heavy or light changes. In case of complications of pneumonia in mild, active treatment only 3-5 days. Children with severe pneumonia, respiratory failure may be treated in hospital for 2 weeks.