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14-Year-old Dies Of Reye's Syndrome

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February
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1975
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A 14-year-old SpYiñfporfr MícMf -boy died late Friday of Reye's Syndrome, a rare children's disease which is often fatal. The youth, Todd Bradford, was one of four with the disease admitted to the University of Michigan's C. S. Mott Children's Hospital since Jan. 23. Two were reléased within a few days and the fourth remains in critical condition. Dr. Joseph Baublis, associate professor of pediatrics, said a 16-year-old Oscoda girl and a six-year-old Flint boy were reléased. A four-year-old Pinconning boy remains in the Hospital's Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Baublis declined to describe the syndrome appearance as an outbreak but said the incidence was greater than anticipated and might be related to the current wave of Influenza A in Michigan. Reye's Syndrome, first described in 196a bsan Áusfralian physician, is a rare, serious, non-contagious complication which follows viral infections such as influenza, chicken pox or mumps. It appears, statistically, in about one in 2,000 children afflicted with flu. It weakens Hver fúnction and causes a build-up of toxic substances in the blood which, in turn, cause brain swelling. Symptoms include very severe vomiting, followed by mental confusión or delerium which can progress to coma. Severe cases require neurosurgical procedures to monitor brain swelling as well as drugs to combat it. However, doctors report some cases can be quite mild with children recovering in a few days A major outbreak of Reye's Syndrome appeared 'in Michigan last winter along with an epidemie of Influenza B virus. Seven of the 14 children treated at Mott Hospital died.