I went back to my sister's place at Bagan Serai with my nephew last Saturday as I expected the traffic would be less congested than Friday. It was true. The sad thing was I didn't know that the driver wasn't familiar with the road. Or maybe he wanted to avoid the traffic jam hence he used the jalan kampung instead and misled to the wrong path. Haha.
In the bus, I couldn't do anything other than listening to the music dan tidur sebab demam teruk. I noticed my arms got rashes so I suspected dengue. But at that time saya tak rasa sakit sendi. So I just waited to see the doctor once we reached Bagan Serai.
So we're in the bus for more than six hours from KL to *supposedly Bagan Serai* but we decided to stop at Sitiawan. Pelik pulak apahal driver ni ikut jalan jauh sampai ikut route Teluk Intan. Kenapa tak lalu tempat lain which is more shorter. Tapi tak kisahlah. Atleast we stopped near masjid.
Keknis fetched us and brought me to the hospital. My body temperature was high. Cepat-cepat MA bagi saya paracetamol. Then the doctor did a blood test for dengue. It was negative.
Bila sampai rumah my sister in law tanya when was I started to get the fever. I said last three days ago. Dia cakap anak dia dulu hari kelima baru detected positive dengue.
Saya telan air liur je. Hahaha. Then I showed her my hand fulled with rashes.
She said it was measles. Kena mandi dengan daun bambu baru hilang gatal sebab dia dah perasan saya start garu tangan dan betis. Lepas tu kena minum air kelapa.
So the next day I visited my neighbour dan minta dia daun bambu. At first I thought bambu = bamboo = buluh tapi tak. Daun dia macam kat bawah ni.
I soaked the leaves with water and then jemur bawah matahari sampai air dia rasa panas. But bibik said kalau kat negara dia, diorang rebus daun tu sebelum mandi. Sebab daun tu ada banyak lagi saya plan nak rebus pula untuk mandi esok. Petang tu mak suruh saya minum air kelapa sebiji tapi macam rashes tu tak keluar habis pun. Kesian kat mak sebab dia pun ada masalah kulit sekarang. Muka dia habis bengkak dan merah-merah.
I went back to KL yesterday morning so tak sempat nak mandi lagi sekali dengan daun bambu.
Sekarang rasa tension sangat sebab seluruh badan masih gatal lagi even though rashes dah hilang. Malam memang tidur tak lena dan selesa sampai terpaksa melenggeng. Tadi Google kat internet pun cakap tak perlu pakai sabun bila mandi and I tried. Yes, I feel less itchy than before.
So below is a simple note of Do's and Don't when you get measles:
1. Mandi air rebusan daun bambu
2. Minum air kelapa untuk keluarkan semua rashes dalam badan
3. Jangan gunakan sabun ketika mandi
4. Jauhi benda yang anda alergi
5. Sapu losyen Calamine kat tempat yang gatal
6. Tak payah pakai baju hehe
