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Measles encephalitis

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Measles encephalitis
A serious complication of measles occurring in about one out of every 1,000 cases, causing headache, drowsiness, and vomiting seven to ten days after the rash appears. Seizures and coma can follow, which may lead to retardation and death.


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One in six children who suffer measles encephalitis will die and up to half of those who survive will be left with brain damage.
I believe it would only take two or three minutes of showing a child suffering from measles encephalitis on TV for the vaccine uptake to soar back to the near 90% it used to be.
These cases are unlikely to be true measles encephalitis since measles was rare in the 1990s following the introduction of the combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine in 1988 (27).
 
 
 
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