Que es la panencefalitis esclerosante subaguda?
¿Qué es la panencefalitis esclerosante subaguda?
La forma progresiva más tardía, conocida como panencefalitis esclerosante subaguda postsarampionosa (PEES) corresponde a una enfermedad crónica degenerativa del SNC, causada por la infección del virus sarampión en el tejido cerebral, seguida por un período de latencia, en general de varios años luego de la infección …
¿Qué secuelas deja el sarampión?
El sarampión puede ser grave. Los niños menores de 5 años y los adultos mayores de 20 tienen más probabilidades de sufrir complicaciones. Las complicaciones comunes incluyen infecciones de oído y diarrea. Las complicaciones graves incluyen neumonía y encefalitis.
¿Qué es la Panencefalitis?
Es un trastorno cerebral progresivo, debilitante y mortal relacionado con la infección del sarampión. La enfermedad se desarrolla muchos años después de la infección del sarampión.
¿Cuánto tiempo dura el sarampión en adultos?
El exantema dura 5 a 6 días, y luego se desvanece. El intervalo entre la exposición al virus y la aparición del exantema oscila entre 7 y 18 días (media de 14 días). La mayoría de las muertes se deben a complicaciones del sarampión, que son más frecuentes en menores de 5 años y adultos de más de 30 años.
What’s Sarampion English?
noun. acute highly contagious viral disease.
What causes Measle?
Measles is caused by morbillivirus, which is mostly seen in the winter and spring. It’s spread from one child to another through direct contact with discharge from the nose and throat. Sometimes, it is spread through airborne droplets (from a cough or sneeze) from an infected child.
How can u get measles?
Measles is a highly contagious virus that lives in the nose and throat mucus of an infected person. It can spread to others through coughing and sneezing. If other people breathe the contaminated air or touch the infected surface, then touch their eyes, noses, or mouths, they can become infected.
Where do measles come from?
Like many human diseases, measles originated in animals. A spill-over of a cattle-infecting virus, the common ancestor to both measles virus and its closest relative rinderpest virus is understood as likely to have given rise to the disease.
Can measles be cured?
There’s no specific treatment for measles. Unlike bacterial infections, viral infections aren’t sensitive to antibiotics. The virus and symptoms typically disappear in about two or three weeks. There are some interventions available for people who may have been exposed to the virus.
How do the measles start?
It usually begins as flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs, and feet. Small raised bumps may also appear on top of the flat red spots. The spots may become joined together as they spread from the head to the rest of the body.
What is measles and where does it come from?
Measles is an infectious illness caused by the rubeola virus. It spreads either through direct contact with a person who has the virus or through droplets in the air. Measles is a highly contagious disease that can lead to life-threatening complications.