The following symptoms and complaints may indicate morbilli (measles):
Pathognomonic symptoms-proof of the disease.
- Koplik spots – calcium splash-like spots in the buccal (“facing the cheek”) area of the oral mucosa; occur at the end of the prodromal (precursor) phase:
Symptoms
- Two-phase fever
- Conjunctivitis* (inflammation of the conjunctiva)
- Cough*
- Rhinitis* (cold)
- Enanthem – redness of the mucous membrane; in measles in the area of the palate.
- Maculopapular often coarse-confluent exanthema – patchy rash occurring with small nodules; spreads from top to bottom (from face/head to limbs); forms 3-7 days after initial symptoms and subsides after 4-7 days
- Pharyngitis* (pharyngitis).
- Laryngitis (laryngitis)
- Tracheitis* (inflammation of the trachea)
- Bronchitis* (inflammation of the airways)
* Prodromal phase
Note: In patients with immunosuppression (suppression of the body’s defense system) or cellular immunodeficiencies, measles exanthema often does not appear at all or appears atypically.
