Podcast #443: Measles - a timely revisit

Measles is highly contagious

Typically patients just look sick

Remember 4 & 4, 14, and 4-C's:

Contagious 4 days before and after onset of rash
14 days for rash to appear
Cough, coryza, conjunctivitis (non-purulent), and Koplik's spots

Under 2 and over 20 are highest risk groups

1 in 1000 will die

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is one of the most feared, degenerative, 100% fatal complications that can occur up to two decades after initial infection