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Lychee fruit suspected in mystery illness
A toxin found in lychee fruit has been linked to a mystery illness in India, which has resulted in the deaths of about a third of patients.
Source: AAP
30 Jan 2015 - 10:07 AM UPDATED 19 MINS AGO
A mysterious and sometimes fatal brain disease that has afflicted children in northeastern India for years could be linked to a toxic substance in lychee fruits, US researchers say.
Investigators say more research is needed to uncover the cause of the illness, which leads to seizures, altered mental state and death in more than a third of cases.
In the meantime, doctors who encounter sick children should takes steps to rapidly correct low blood sugar, which can make the disease more likely to be fatal, said the report by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The outbreaks have coincided with the month-long lychee harvesting season in and around the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar state since 1995, said the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...
Lychee fruit suspected in mystery illness
A toxin found in lychee fruit has been linked to a mystery illness in India, which has resulted in the deaths of about a third of patients.
Source: AAP
30 Jan 2015 - 10:07 AM UPDATED 19 MINS AGO
A mysterious and sometimes fatal brain disease that has afflicted children in northeastern India for years could be linked to a toxic substance in lychee fruits, US researchers say.
Investigators say more research is needed to uncover the cause of the illness, which leads to seizures, altered mental state and death in more than a third of cases.
In the meantime, doctors who encounter sick children should takes steps to rapidly correct low blood sugar, which can make the disease more likely to be fatal, said the report by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The outbreaks have coincided with the month-long lychee harvesting season in and around the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar state since 1995, said the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...
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