For what it’s worth not everyone has the same measles experience. My Grandma got meningitis from measles, almost died and missed several months of school confined to her bed. Such meningitis/encephalitis afflicts about 1:1000 kids that get measles, so it’s not common but it’s also well documented and contributes heavily to the 1:1000 fat…
For what it’s worth not everyone has the same measles experience. My Grandma got meningitis from measles, almost died and missed several months of school confined to her bed. Such meningitis/encephalitis afflicts about 1:1000 kids that get measles, so it’s not common but it’s also well documented and contributes heavily to the 1:1000 fatality rate of measles in children. I suspect there were some sort of genetic factors that led to my Grandma’s case as her siblings were also hit harder than “usual” but whatever the cause measles was quite devastating for her.
For what it’s worth not everyone has the same measles experience. My Grandma got meningitis from measles, almost died and missed several months of school confined to her bed. Such meningitis/encephalitis afflicts about 1:1000 kids that get measles, so it’s not common but it’s also well documented and contributes heavily to the 1:1000 fatality rate of measles in children. I suspect there were some sort of genetic factors that led to my Grandma’s case as her siblings were also hit harder than “usual” but whatever the cause measles was quite devastating for her.