Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Trivia of the Week (Answer)…



Our question focused on a different disease and asked what are some of the signs and symptoms of the measles?  Symptoms include: Cough, Runny nose. Red, watery eyes, High fever, sometimes over 104°F which usually occur a week or 2 after a person has been exposed. The rash appears 3 to 5 days after the first symptoms.

This answer was found courtesy of the Gale Health and Wellness database.  This database offers full text medical encyclopedias, nearly 400 health and medical journals, more than 800 pamphlets and nearly 2,100 health articles from general interest publications. Find it listed alphabetically under G on LAPL’s Research & Homework page (https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework) and access it with your library card.