Can subacute sclerosing panencephalitis be cured?

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is an incurable disease. It is a very severe form of encephalitis with significant damage to the white matter and gray matter of the brain. It is mainly caused by defective measles virus infection and is more common in adolescents. The main clinical manifestations are memory loss, concentration loss, decreased academic performance, restlessness, and personality changes. After a few weeks and months began to show limb muscle spasms, severe patients will show speech disorders, seizures; some patients will also show limb muscle rigidity. Patients eventually show systemic organ failure, coma, and eventually death. There is no specific drug treatment for this disease, clinical mainly symptomatic and supportive treatment, many patients died after a year of illness.