Portland, Ore. (Katu) – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the County Public Health Officer are investigating the state's first confirmed measles case of the state.

The person, an unnatural adult, returned to Oregon after a recent international visit.

The case was confirmed on 23 June. On June 16, the person started experiencing symptoms including sore throat, weakness, fatigue, headache and fever.

He was admitted to the hospital on June 19 in the Portland Metro region with a grain and conjunctivitis and discharged on 21 June. Officials believe that no patient was exposed during hospitalization, and the person is currently recovering.

Health officials suspect that the disease was contracted during the recent international visit of the individual, spreading for four to five weeks. This case is not related to any measles outbreak in other American states.

“We are here to tell you that measles is now in Oregon, and if you are not vaccinated, you are susceptible,” Paul R. The Medical Director said for communicable diseases and vaccination in the public health division of Sislak, MD, OHA.

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“If you are in contact with someone who is infectious, you can get measles, which can be before four days before it starts after four days. After exposure, it can take it for three weeks, before you show the specialty measles grains. So, no one knows that they have this important for several days.

Potential exposure locations include flight UA1832/SN8869 (Brussels Air run by United Airlines), Portland International Airport Advent and the same day on the same day and a safway in Lake Ososgo on 22 June.

Connected: Senators urge HHS to start a national measles vaccination campaign amidst outbreak

In March, American senators of Oregan Ron Wayden and Jeff Mercale, Robert F. Kennedy Junior was called to take immediate action to curb the spread of measles in the United States. The argument followed the first measles-related deaths in the country in a decade.

In a letter to secretary kennedy, the senators highlighted the urgancy of the situation. Although Secretary Kennedy presided over the health protection of the anti-vaksin non-profit children from 2015 to 2023, he wrote an op-ed on March 2 this year. Fox News In which he calls MMR vaccine “important” to avoid deadly disease.

“Measles outbreak is call to action for all of us,” The op-ed is titled. “Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, who protect people who are unable to vaccinate for medical reasons,” he wrote.

The senators wrote, “It is necessary that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) immediately and firmly serves to prevent the spread of this preventive infection and save American life.”

MPs emphasized the need to increase vaccination rates to protect the weaker population. He said, “To increase the rate of vaccination against measles should be done more. Clear communication that is mandatory to create confidence and increase the rise of vaccination, eventually to save life,” he said.

A letter signed by Senator Ben Ray Lujan and several other senators also emphasized the importance of restoring public health workers, which were indiscriminately evacuated by the previous administration. “We urgently request that you reinstate all fed federal health workers and protects remains from termination to help stop the spread of measles and other infectious diseases,” the names concluded.

An infected person spreads through the measles air after coughing or sneezing, with virus to two hours.

Symptoms usually begin with fever, cough, flowing nose and red eyes, followed HastyComplications may include ear infections, lung infections, and, rarely, brain inflammation.

Measles is one of the most infectious diseases, and is known to cause a dangerous and unique event “Immune forgetting disease,“In which the immune system of the infected patient goes through a reset, effectively” forget “leads any immunity to other diseases.

According to studies, in room filled with people coming in contact with measles, 90% that are unnatural Will develop the disease. In addition, it can rotate in the air for 2 hours.

Even in healthy people, measles can cause the following:

• 1 to 3 out of every 1,000 children that become infected with measles will die from respiratory and neurological complications.
• Seizures that usually develop 7 to 10 years after measles infection.

Most of the Oregonians are vaccinated, significantly reduced their risk. However, individuals, especially pregnant people, infants under 1 year of age, and people with weak immune systems are at high risk.

Public health officials recommend people who experience symptoms who do not visit medical offices. Instead, to prevent them from exposing others, calls should be made further to arrange a safe entry plan.

For more information Information on measlesVisit Website and blog of Oregon Health Authority.