Incurable disease afflicts boy, bedridden due to measles 10 years after infection | NHK. An active baseball boy suddenly lost the ability to walk or talk when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school.
The cause was the measles virus he contracted at the age of 0 years old. About 5 to 10 years later, he developed a rare and incurable disease. Patients and their families agreed to be interviewed to help people understand how scary measles is. There is no established treatment for complete cure for measles.