Abokuqala izimpawu zivela cishe ezinsukwini eziyi-10 (7 kuya kweziyi-14) ngemuva kokutheleleka:

• imfiva (engaba ngu-38,5 ° C, engafinyelela kalula ku-40 C)
• ikhala yisisu
• amehlo abomvu namanzi (conjunctivitis)
• ukuzwela ukukhanya ku-conjunctivitis
• ukukhwehlela okomile
• Umphimbo obuhlungu
• ukukhathala nokungakhululeki okuvamile

Ngemva Izinsuku ezi-2 kuya kwezi-3 zokukhwehlela, vela:

• we amachashazi amhlophe izici emlonyeni (amabala ka-Koplik), ohlangothini lwangaphakathi lwezihlathi.
• a ukuqhuma kwesikhumba (amabala abomvu amancane), aqala ngemva kwezindlebe nasebusweni. Ibe isisakazekela esiqwini nasemaphethelweni, bese iyanyamalala ngemva kwezinsuku ezi-5 kuya kweziyisi-6.

La imfiva ingaphikelela futhi ibe phezulu kakhulu.

Qaphela, umuntu onenkontileka nesimungumungwana iyathelelana ngokushesha nje izinsuku ezinhlanu ngaphambi kokuba kuvele izimpawu zokuqala, futhi kuze kufike ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ngemva kokuqala kokuqubuka.