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Measles, one of the world’s most contagious infectious diseases, can cause serious complications – such as blindness, pneumonia or encephalitis, swelling of the brain – and even turn deadly ...
The measles virus can remain contagious in the air or on contaminated surfaces for up to two hours. ... and one child out of every 1,000 who gets measles will develop encephalitis, which can cause ...
Acute measles encephalitis is another serious risk of measles virus infection. It typically occurs two days to one week after the measles rash breaks out and begins with very high fever, severe headache, convulsions and altered mentation. A person with measles encephalitis may become comatose, and death or brain injury may occur. [92]
Some people can suffer from severe complications from measles, including pneumonia and encephalitis (brain swelling), which could lead to hospitalization and even death, the CDC says.
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), also known as Dawson disease, is a rare form of progressive brain inflammation caused by a persistent infection with the measles virus. The condition primarily affects children, teens, and young adults. It has been estimated that about 2 in 10,000 people who get measles will eventually develop SSPE. [1]
The majority of viral cases of encephalitis have an unknown cause; however, the most common identifiable cause of viral encephalitis is from herpes simplex infection. [12] Other causes of acute viral encephalitis are rabies virus, poliovirus, and measles virus. [13]
In some cases, however, the virus can cause serious health complications — especially in children under 5 — including pneumonia and encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain.
The virus causes measles, a highly contagious disease transmitted by respiratory aerosols that triggers a temporary but severe immunosuppression.Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes and a generalized, maculopapular, erythematous rash and a pathognomonic Koplik spot seen on buccal mucosa opposite to lower 1st and 2nd molars.