Experts assessed the risks of getting measles and COVID at the same time

In RUSSIA, the situation with measles has worsened in recent weeks. Experts considered that the likelihood of getting two infections is negligible, but if this happens,

Simultaneous infection with CORONAVIRUS and measles is possible, but the probability is low, this is a rather complex combination of infections, infectious disease specialist, professor, DOCTOR of medical sciences Nikolai Malyshev told RBC.

But if the diseases still occur simultaneously, complications may arise, since both covid and measles are serious illnesses. “If they overlap, one reinforces the other. What is COVID - vascular damage. Vessels permeate our entire body. This means that it can affect any organs and tissues. Measles begins as a respiratory lesion of the lungs, and then a rash, ”Malyshev recalled.

When asked whether it is possible to get measles and coronavirus at the same time, virologist, professor at Moscow State University, Doctor of Biology Alexei Agranovsky said: “It is possible, but why? Joke. The chance of a double infection is negligible."

According to him, infection with one virus includes reactions of innate immunity - the synthesis of interferon and others, which reduce the possibility of infection with another virus. Secondly, having received one viral infection and feeling unwell, a person usually stays at home, and his contacts are limited. Agranovsky also emphasized that usually double infections or sequential ones are more difficult to tolerate, the risk of complications is higher.

The situation with measles is becoming more complicated throughout Russia, by April 20, cases were detected in 44 regions, Rospotrebnadzor reported. At the same time, the HEAD of the department, Anna Popova, rejected the possibility of systemic restrictions, indicating that measures are taken locally, where necessary. In three regions of the country, measles cases were initially misdiagnosed, which wasted time, but in other regions the spread of the infection was stopped in a timely manner, she said.

Rospotrebnadzor explains the dynamics by migrants and a significant number of Russians who are not vaccinated against measles.

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The agency recalled the symptoms of measles: before the rash appears, on the third or fourth day of illness, the patient's face becomes puffy, and the eyelids swell. In addition, most patients have a stuffy nose and dry rough cough, fever, lethargy, weakness, poor appetite.