Measles outbreak prompts warning across St Helens

5:09pm Thursday 16th February 2012 in News by St Helens Star newsdesk

Parents are being urged to ensure that their children are fully vaccinated.

a MEASLES outbreak has been declared after six people required hospital treatment on Merseyside.

the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said there were 13 confirmed and 16 suspected cases in the area. Patients range in age from nine months to adults in their 20s.

Of the six people who required hospital treatment, four are children and two are adults.

this compares to just one confirmed case on Merseyside in the first six weeks of last year and one in the corresponding period of 2010.

one small family cluster has been confirmed in St Helens and there are two suspected cases. the majority of the confirmed and suspected cases are in Liverpool, Parents are being urged to ensure that their children are fully vaccinated.

Dr Roberto Vivancos, a consultant with the HPA, said: “Measles is circulating in the community. We have alerted GPs and asked them to notify us of any cases they come across.

“We are also asking parents and GPs to do all they can to ensure that children are fully protected by MMR vaccine.”

the most common symptoms of measles are fever, cough, sore eyes and a rash that develops over three to four days, beginning with the face and head and spreading down the body.

People with symptoms are advised to stay away from school, nursery or work until four days have elapsed after the development of a rash.

They are also asked to avoid contact with pregnant women and to telephone their GP for advice before attending the surgery.

either cold or cough, runny nose caused by a small common cold, or cruel and fierce fever and diarrhea, and even pneumonia, meningitis, all to the influenza, the cause of all can be attributed to the operation of the body’s autonomic nervous system occurred obstacles, so the immune system is low, can not do the work of the first line of defense, so that viruses, bacteria take advantage of the original damage our body balance and stability. The world without any kind of drug or vaccine efficacy of the majority can be completely amazing to prevent or cure colds. The function of drugs and vaccines, is nothing more than to stimulate our immune system against the system, with the ability to heal the body gradually restore the original state of equilibrium, so that some people even after taking medication or vaccinated, because of their external conditions or delays in enhancing the immune system, remain in the body of drugs and vaccines are still not effective, but the more medication the more severe disease, and even drugs, the toxicity of the vaccine itself may cause the opposite effect in some cases, even life-threatening. The opponents want to avoid the flu is through regular exercise, balanced diet, good health habits, in the body, mind, and spirit, on balance, so that the autonomic nervous system reaches a steady state, this way to have a sound immune system, it also can play defensive instincts, even if the incoming viruses and bacteria are also carefree. Yoga can help you Yoga in the extension of the upper chest and neck movements can stimulate the thyroid and tonsils to relieve cold symptoms caused by respiratory system disorders, sustained practice of yoga to balance the autonomic nervous system, enhance immunity, so you can resist the virus invasion. Yoga breathing can also promote metabolism, accelerate viral shedding, so if you are just the beginning of a cold, you can drink plenty of water, vitamin C and with yoga movement to rid the virus, and if your cold symptoms are very severe, you can Yoga breathing exercises to relieve symptoms caused by the respiratory system. Yoga treatment of common cold A camel-type actionEfficacy: 01. Soft spine and shoulders, relieve back pain and shoulder pain problems. 02. Hanxiong conditions to improve, expand the chest and improve respiratory problems. 03. Promote the general blood circulation. little Reminder 01. Action is completed, the hand should be pushed down, chest, abdomen, opening up, Abdominal and chest muscles with subsequent extension of the neck muscles. 02. Should use the flexibility of the spine and muscle to do, rather than just the use of only Flexibility, in order to avoid undue pressure on the waist. Poor flexibility who chairs available assistance. 01. Knees, legs and knees about hip width, feet relaxed, legs, body and floor, vertical, vertical straight line, with his hands below the waist, elbows bent for the rear. 02. Inhale, upward extension of the body; breathing, right after the heel to find the right foot, left foot to find the heels. 03. Aspirated, straight legs, lift up the abdomen forward, open the chest up, elbows by pushing straight; breathing, head back to relax, maintain natural breathing, do not hold your breath. Hold the position, for 10 to 20 seconds. two slant style action Efficacy: 01. Stretching the chest and back muscles. 02. Strengthen the respiratory system, improve respiratory diseases. 03. Conditioning thyroid. little Reminder low blood pressure, head over backwards to avoid causing dizziness. 01. from “sitting” to start, legs close together, fingers forward; Upper body tilted slightly back, hands behind the palm of your hand to move the hips, buttocks toward the direction of the fingertips.

02. Aspirated, with hands palm Supporter, the buttocks, back to the On the lift; hands arms vertical with the floor, feet together, feet on the floor as far as possible, natural head hanging back. Tighten the abdomen, buttocks and thigh muscles can help concentrate. keep breathing, maintain position for 10 to 20 seconds.

03. exhaled, sat back ground hips, back, back slowly, lift the head end. Legs, knees, hands and feet forward, clinging to the knees, neck, down to relax naturally.

Lu Lu Dr.Wendy Natural therapy Abdominal breathing: maintain the supine position, eyes closed, one hand on the lower abdomen, on the other hand placed on the abdomen, muscles Relax, do not deliberately force, with the nose and feel the gas through the nose, throat, chest slowly fill the abdomen, the abdomen until completely elevated, the nose and then exhaled slowly, until the abdomen completely spit the gas light, so that the natural concave belly , and then continue to inhale, and so on. A beautiful reproduction of a spit of a respiratory suction in recent years, many studies confirm that “breathe” and thin, annoying black eye has a close relationship. Simply put, breathing affect the blood and muscle metabolic rate, so people with weak respiratory system will not only cause some discomfort in addition, will also affect the body’s metabolism. Yoga breathing and focus on the expansion of training in lung, heart and lung function when we increase the body’s oxygen content is sufficient, many problems will disappear. Of course, in this chapter we have to introduce some natural way to let you spit in a smoking room will be able to achieve a healthy weight-loss effect of oh!

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I've rescued a 3 week old kitten which was dumped in a garbage can. He is completely sweet and docile… but should I get vaccinated for rabies anyway? Is there any chance that he could be a carrier, although he doesn't have any symptoms, or is this not something that happens with rabies? I would have taken him to a vet already, but am overseas. Advice, please! thanks!

Animals don't show signs of rabies right away. its like a human having a virus (flu for example). We don't show signs for weeks at times and then suddenly we feel sick. Rabies is the same way, fine one day and then slowly going down hill. You're kitten is still pretty young to be having shots, I believe a kitten has to be 6-8 weeks to get shots. just watch the behavior and then bring him to the vet asap for a check up and shots. Good luck.

First, let me say it's unlikely that a tiny kitten is infected with rabies. if he is alive, he is probably older than 3 wks. He wouldn't be able to feed himself until 6 wks or more.

There are however diseases that can be present in a kitten which are passed on from Mom at birth, and can kill the kitten and also pass to other cats. if at all possible, you need to take the kitten in for a simple blood test to check for Feline Leukemia. the vet will want to vaccinate, but not for Rabies with a kitten so young. . . that won't be done until he is 4 mo old or so.

To answer your question about Rabies. . . it is actually common for an animal to be very quiet, rather than the classic image we have of an aggressive animal. the thing is, you are looking for an animal behaving in any way that is not normal. For example, many people find a bat in broad daylight and assume it is lost or something. a bat in daylight is actually disoriented and sick. . . likely with rabies. And shouldn't be handled! Even a rabid dog, can just be quiet and out of sorts.

Ellen, above, found a link with some good description scientifically. But again, your kitten doesn't likely have rabies, is probably 6 wks or older, and does need first vaccinations (not Rabies) to insure he survives and thrives…