A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles contracted in infancy, Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday.
The child, who had been too young to be vaccinated when they were infected by the virus, died of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, according to the county health department. The incurable disorder causes progressive brain damage and is nearly universally fatal.
About 1 in 10,000 people who get measles develops the disorder, but the risk is 1 in 600 for infants.
measles also causes orchitis, which can infertility in me, albiet temporarily. another nasty virus is chickenpox, which is severe in adults and can cause severe infection as well, instead of itchy poxes of children, its more likely to cause necrotic poxes.