You notice red plates on your skinespecially in the face and/or neck? Do you have swollen, crying eyes, like conjunctivitis? Do you have a fever, a feeling of great fatigue? Be careful, it can be measles. This respiratory disease is talking about it in a context of Epidemic flambé.
A 35 % increase in measles cases in France this year
In a bulletin published on June 23, Public health France does the accounts and worries: this year the number of Case of measles reported to health services exploded: “From January 1 to May 31, 2025, 658 cases of measles were declared to regional health agencies (ARS), a total already exceeding more than 35 % the number of cases declared in 2024 (483).”
In a single quarter, our country has already exceeded the number of cases of 2024. This can alert when you know that measles is highly contagious And that one records one to ten deaths for a thousand cases.
Just for this year, 33 % of cases declared measles required hospitalization. Two deaths are to be deplored in immunocompromised people.
The most common complications are, details the Ministry of Health“laryngitis, otitis, pneumonia and, more serious, encephalitis that can lead to death or possible sequelae.”
“Measles is the most contagious disease we know”
In an interview given to France Info last April, the Professor Robert Coheninfectiologist at the Créteil intercommunal hospital (Val-de-Marne) recalled that it was not necessary to take measles lightly, especially because it is “theThe most contagious that we know ”. A contaminated person can thus infect between 15 and 25 people. The virus circulates in the air and is simply transmitted when we talkcough, expires, sneezing, etc. It can also circulate by contacteven if it is not the privileged way.
THE symptoms appear within ten to fourteen days of contamination. Rhinitis, conjunctivitis, coughs, great fatiguered plates on the face and all over the body, high fever are the main symptoms. If these signs appear, the Ministry of Health recommends:
- Isolate yourself and immediately contact your doctor or the 15 If it is not available.
- Apply them barriers (Handwashing, regular ventilation, port of the mask).
- Avoid tout contact with young children who are not yet vaccinated, pregnant women and elderly.
At the same time, and for everyone, sick or not, it is imperative to verify that our vaccines are good up to date. Vaccination is the only effective bulwark against measles, and protects the most fragile.
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