Flu complication that causes severe brain disease is rising in kids, doctors warn
UNITED STATES, JUL 30 – A study of 41 cases over two flu seasons links the rise of acute necrotizing encephalopathy in children to severe flu and low vaccination rates, with 27% fatalities reported.
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Flu complication that causes sudden and severe brain swelling is rising in kids, doctors warn
Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain disease called acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE.

Flu complication that causes severe brain disease is rising in kids, doctors warn
Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain disease called acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE. It’s a fast-moving condition usually triggered by the flu, causing sudden brain swelling. It’s thought that the virus prompts the immune system to go haywire. Affected children can go from having mild flu symptoms to seizures, coma, or even death within days. Most ar…
Rare flu complication is rising in kids, doctors warn
(NBC News) – Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is deadly in more than a quarter of kids diagnosed with the inflammatory brain disease. Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain disease called acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE. It’s a fast-moving condition usually triggered by the flu, causing sudden brain swelling. It’s thought that the virus prompts the imm…
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