Can Measles Attack Years Back in Your Childhood Kill You Now?

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The researches presented at IDWeek are shocking with new facts not previously known. It is disturbing for the parents to know that their child who suffered from measles and got cured is not actually out of risk.

The threat is pending on his head to face a neurological disorder called Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). The disorder is fatal! According to Washington Post, the causes of the virus getting reactivated are unknown.

And once it gets active in the body, there is no cure for it. The only way possible to save the people from this pending threat of death is to apply vaccination on large scale.

Measles is known as an extremely contagious respiratory viral infection. In the past, it was common in the United States but was nationally overcome in the year 2000. It has made a drastic comeback. The health experts are maintaining few reasons for its return:

• Many people refuse to vaccinate their kids.
• Some people delay the vaccination
• Little babies less than the age of 12 months are more vulnerable because they cannot be vaccinated against mumps, rubella, and measles.

The neurological disorder appears almost a decade after a measles attack. The direct victim of the reactivated virus is the central nervous system. The human succumbs to this attack after a long suffering spread over 1 to 3 years.

It may take for the virus even longer to appear in its full stage but the early symptoms such as irritability, memory or language loss can take 20 to 30 years to make their appearance apparent on the victim. 

In the United States, the disease resurged during 1989 to 1991. Out of every 100,000, 4 to 11 victims are suspected to Develop SSPE. Those who suffered from this viral infection at the age of fewer than two years are more vulnerable to SSPE.

For more information, go to Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE): MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

The only way out, according to health experts, is to vaccinate each and every one against measles and keep the baby's strictly away from anywhere the virus attack is expected.