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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/3993321/cerebellitis-brain-infection-from-the-flu/
January 29, 2018 2:42 pm
8-year-old boy contracts rare brain infection from the flu
By Dani-Elle Dub? National Online Journalist, Smart Living Global News
It?s going to be a long road to recovery for an eight-year-old Carrollton, Texas, boy who contracted a rare inflammatory brain infection after a case of the flu.
It was earlier this month when Witten Ramirez got the flu, one that the whole family had been suffering from thanks to a nasty flu season in the U.S. But when everyone else in the family was getting better, Ramirez wasn?t...
...After doctors took a look at him, they found the boy to be ataxic, meaning he wasn?t able to coordinate his muscle movements.
After some testing, doctors revealed to Buckingham-Ramirez that her son had something called cerebellitis, and it had affected part of the brain that controls movement...
January 29, 2018 2:42 pm
8-year-old boy contracts rare brain infection from the flu
By Dani-Elle Dub? National Online Journalist, Smart Living Global News
It?s going to be a long road to recovery for an eight-year-old Carrollton, Texas, boy who contracted a rare inflammatory brain infection after a case of the flu.
It was earlier this month when Witten Ramirez got the flu, one that the whole family had been suffering from thanks to a nasty flu season in the U.S. But when everyone else in the family was getting better, Ramirez wasn?t...
...After doctors took a look at him, they found the boy to be ataxic, meaning he wasn?t able to coordinate his muscle movements.
After some testing, doctors revealed to Buckingham-Ramirez that her son had something called cerebellitis, and it had affected part of the brain that controls movement...