Complications from measles such as pneumonia or encephalitis, a swelling of the brain, can be fatal or lead to permanent disability. That’s why doctors urge parents to get their children vaccinated.
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Encephalitis
/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/
Synonyms for "encephalitis" (136 found)
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adenoiditisadrenitisappendicitisarteritisarthritisarthritis deformansarthritis fungosaarthritis pauperumatrophic arthritisatrophic inflammationblennorrhagic arthritisbrain feverbronchitisbunionbursitiscapillaritiscarditiscatarrhcatarrhal inflammationcerebellitis
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cerebral meningitiscerebritiscerebrospinal meningitischronic infectious arthritischronic inflammation
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cirrhotic inflammationclimactic arthritisclitoritiscolitiscollagen diseaseconjunctivitiscystitisdegenerative arthritisdiffuse inflammationendocarditisenteritisequine encephalomyelitisexudative inflammationfibroid inflammationfocal inflammationgastritisgingivitisglossitisgonococcal arthritisgonorrheal arthritis
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gonorrheal rheumatismgoutgouty arthritishemophilic arthritishepatitishyperplastic inflammationhypertrophic arthritishypertrophic inflammationinfectional arthritisinfectious hepatitisinflammationirritable bowel syndromelaryngitislumbagolumbar rheumatismmastoiditismeningitismenopausal arthritismetastatic inflammationmetritis
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milk legmucous colitismumps meningitismyelitisnecrotic inflammationnephritisneuritisobliterative inflammationophthalitisophthalmiaorchitisosseous rheumatismosteitisosteoarthritisosteomyelitisotitisovaritisparadental pyorrheapenitispericarditis
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periodontitisperitonitispharyngitisphlebitispodagraproliferative arthritisprostatitispyonephritispyorrheapyorrhea alveolarisreactive inflammationrheumatismrheumatizrheumatoid arthritisrhinitissclerosing inflammationseroplastic inflammationserous inflammationserum hepatitissimple inflammationsinusitisspastic colonspecific inflammationsubacute rheumatismsuppurative arthritissuppurative inflammationsyphilitic arthritistennis elbowtestitisthrombophlebitistonsilitistorticollistoxic inflammationtraumatic inflammationtuberculous arthritistuberculous rheumatismulcerative colitisuratic arthritisureteritisurethral arthritisurethritisuteritisvaginitisvertebral arthritisvisceral rheumatismvulvitiswryneck
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7 entriesautoimmune encephalitiscryptococcal encephalitisherpes simplex encephalitisinfectious encephalitisparaneoplastic encephalitispostinfectious encephalitisviral encephalitis
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6 entriesautoimmune encephalitisencephalitis diagnosisencephalitis managementencephalitis symptomsinfectious encephalitisviral encephalitis
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Causes of epilepsy include injury around the time of birth, brain infections from illnesses such meningitis or encephalitis and stroke.
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It's not a new problem. The AIDS virus, HIV, is now known to have originated from a similar virus in African chimpanzees. An estimated 30-million people have died of AIDS since the early 1980s. Other human diseases with animal origins include SARS, Ebola hemorrhagic fever and West Nile encephalitis.
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