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It’s far from the only community at risk. The US has already passed 1,000 confirmed cases this year, with infections “worse than expected”While about one in five unvaccinated children who get measles need to be hospitalized, even those who make a full recovery face a lurking threat: a deadly disease that remains latent until striking — and killing — years later.
That’s what happened to a 7-year-old boy who recently died at Children’s Hospital of Orange County in California. He had contracted measles as a baby of just 7 months old — but fast forward years later to when he was six, and he experiencing cognitive deterioration and seizures.usually starts with subtle personality changes, like memory loss, irritability or mood swings. Over time, it can progress to involuntary muscle spasms, loss of coordination, severe brain damage, coma — and almost always death.ADHD meds for adults are surging — and the typical patient may surprise youMeasles often starts like a common cold, causing a cough, runny nose, sore throat and watery eyes, before escalating to a high fever and the telltale red rash that spreads across the body. The highly contagious virus can persist in the body and acquire certain mutations that trigger SSPE years later. “The measles is sort of sitting around in your brain and causing, on the cellular level, changes that sit there quietly,” “You could have had your measles as a 2-year-old, and now you’re in college, and all of a sudden your brain falls apart and you have no future,” she added.develop the brain disorder, with the risk jumping to 18 out of 100,000 if the child is under 5 when infected.passed away from the complication after being infected with measles as an infant, before they were eligible for the vaccine.While there are only four or five SSPE cases per year in the US, the number is expected to rise asMeasles-related deaths are also a looming threat, as three deaths were reported in 2025. It’s unclear whether the boy was vaccinated. But the best way to prevent measles and possible brain infection is the mumps and rubella vaccine, with the first dose found that 92.5% of kindergarteners were vaccinated against MMR for the 2024–25 school year, down 2.5% from 2019–20.Hair looking a little thin? Try the 5 best minoxidil brands for men, per expertsHeartbreaking details behind school prank that left teacher dead — as district issued warning hours before incidentJesse Jackson's son blasts Obama, Biden for using father's memorial to take shots at Trump Elisabeth Hasselbeck Stuns ‘The View’ Audience As She Calls Democrats “The Party of Masks”: “You Guys Forced Masks On Everybody in the United States”
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