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Enterovirus D68 connections being investigated at McMaster Children's Hospital
CBC News Posted: Oct 02, 2014 5:32 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 02, 2014 5:32 PM ET
McMaster Children's Hospital is investigating three additional patients with muscle weakness, a symptom that has led to 139 diagnoses of enterovirus D-68 in Hamilton of the Polio-like disease that killed one child in Rhode Island this week.
In total, four children are under investigation, however one is already confirmed as a case. They all are showing neurological symptoms, which have resulted in muscle fatigue.
"At this point, we don?t know the cause of the muscle weakness," said Dr. Lennox Huang, chief of pediatrics at McMaster Children?s Hospital (MCH). ?And it's not clear that it is EV-D68 related. However, along with our partners at the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, we are pursing the possibility of a connection and, in the interim, we want to keep parents informed."
Symptoms start out similar to the common cold, but can escalate into paralysis-like problems. Since Aug. 28, 139 cases have been confirmed in the Hamilton area.
McMaster notes that "in the vast majority of cases, it causes only mild cold symptoms and patients recover well."
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http://http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/enterovirus-d68-connections-being-investigated-at-mcmaster-children-s-hospital-1.2785883
CBC News Posted: Oct 02, 2014 5:32 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 02, 2014 5:32 PM ET
McMaster Children's Hospital is investigating three additional patients with muscle weakness, a symptom that has led to 139 diagnoses of enterovirus D-68 in Hamilton of the Polio-like disease that killed one child in Rhode Island this week.
In total, four children are under investigation, however one is already confirmed as a case. They all are showing neurological symptoms, which have resulted in muscle fatigue.
"At this point, we don?t know the cause of the muscle weakness," said Dr. Lennox Huang, chief of pediatrics at McMaster Children?s Hospital (MCH). ?And it's not clear that it is EV-D68 related. However, along with our partners at the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, we are pursing the possibility of a connection and, in the interim, we want to keep parents informed."
Symptoms start out similar to the common cold, but can escalate into paralysis-like problems. Since Aug. 28, 139 cases have been confirmed in the Hamilton area.
McMaster notes that "in the vast majority of cases, it causes only mild cold symptoms and patients recover well."
(...)
http://http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/enterovirus-d68-connections-being-investigated-at-mcmaster-children-s-hospital-1.2785883