So measles is currently circulating across the UK
and if you're 16 to 25 years you may be going to festivals, uni or traveling which is great
but you could be a higher risk of getting measles so I've collaborated with public health England
to let you know everything you need to know
between the 1st of January 2018 to the 31st of May 2018
there's been 580 laboratory confirmed cases of measles in England
now most of these cases have been in adults aged 15 and above
measles is one of the most infectious illnesses in fact if there
was a competition for this it would probably win goal but the good news is
that since the introduction of the MMR vaccine in 1988 measles cases have
significantly reduced which shows just how well the vaccine has worked, the bad
news is that we're now seeing cases occurring in patients who are 15 and
above in England now this is because whilst most people in the UK have had
their vaccine we still have small pockets of areas where the vaccine
coverage is lower than what we want
measles is a virus it enters humans through the nose, mouth or eyes it's usually symptomless for the first
10 days and afterwards you develop cold like symptoms and after a few days you
then develop a rash that spreads the entire body some people also get greyish
white spots inside the mouth a couple of days before this rash now so far it
doesn't sound too bad does it? But why is it that 1 in 5,000 people die from measles
well that's due to the complications that are associated with it
pneumonia, bronchitis, croup, diarrhoea, vomiting and seizures
around 1 in 15 children will develop complications like this
liver infection, brain infection, miscarriage, stillbirth and the list goes on
but the goal of this video isn't to diagnose measles it's to prevent it and that's what we're gonna do
measles is not a joke and it still kills people around the world now
a very small percentage of people can't get vaccinated either because they're
too young or because of chemotherapy or HIV or because they have an allergy to the vaccine
they need the rest of us to help stop the spread of this disease
for them the measles vaccine is safe it's free if you live in the UK there's
no benefits to getting measles it doesn't improve your immune system and
it's not more natural so let's work together to help eradicate this virus
public health England is advising all teenagers, young adults and parents to
check they are fully immunised with the MMR vaccine please remember though the
MMR vaccine requires two doses and to check that you've had them both all you
need to do is contact your GP surgery if you haven't had it done please book
yourself in urgently at your GP surgery to get the free MMR vaccine hey guys
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