Bosin's Disease (Noun)
Meaning
A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, also known as bosin's disease, is a gradual and deadly swelling of the brain caused by the measles virus.
- SSPE, or bosin's disease, is a very rare, eventual fatal disease that often affects children and young adults who contracted measles before the age of two.
- A victim of bosin's disease may experience numbness and weakness in their arms and legs due to progressive brain atrophy.
- As bosin's disease continuously damages the brain, difficulty concentrating, memory loss, and personality changes may occur.
- Untreated, bosin's disease typically leads to loss of vision, loss of hearing, seizures, and worsened intellectual disability over the course of a few years.
Synonyms
- Subacute Sclerosing Leukoencephalitis
- Sclerosing Leukoencephalitis
- Dawson's Encephalitis
- Inclusion Body Encephalitis
- Van Bogaert Encephalitis
- SSPE
- Subacute Inclusion Body Encephalitis
- Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis