"I just remember [the doctor] saying, 'She's very sick, I'm very concerned,'"
"And my only question was, 'Is she going to live?' And he said, 'I hope so.'"
"Thank God she's the age that she is - old enough to fight the flu, which she had to get over before the swelling could come down, but young enough to have the time to heal, for her brain to heal, because there was damage done,"
"I understand they are seeing more cases of this disease, but I think overall it's still pretty unknown,"
Caitlin Lyons of Ashland said her 4-year-old daughter, Althea, woke dizzy at night and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where clinicians diagnosed acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE). ANE is a rare complication linked to common viral infections such as influenza and causes rapid brain swelling that can produce lasting damage or death. Initial symptoms often mimic the flu, then can progress to seizures, loss of consciousness, and breathing failure. A Boston Children’s Neuroimmunology Center study reported about a 27 percent mortality rate. Althea is recovering, and Lyons shared the experience to raise awareness as flu cases surge in Massachusetts.
Read at Boston.com
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