Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental status changes, sensory and motor changes

 • Myocarditis, Pericarditis

 • Pneumonia -> Cough, SOB, fatigue, fever, hypoxemia

 • Stomatitis -> Focal pain at site of oral ulcer

 • Hepatitis -> RUQ Pain, N/V, elevated liver enzymes

 • Immunosuppression -> Opportunistic infections



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