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The infectious disease community is closely watching a surge of mystery illnesses in China that many have compared to the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The initial diagnosis was "peripheral neuropathy, cause of limb pain and redness to be determined". The lumbar puncture performed on the same day yielded normal results. The next day, a neurology consultation ruled out autoimmune diseases, poisoning, and metabolic diseases. PUMCH treated her according to the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré ...
China’s latest virus surge is the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which has also seen spikes in the U.S. ... The diseases appear to be less severe and spread with a smaller scale compared to the ...
The symptoms resembled those of flu, like headache, cough, breathing difficulties, and anaemia. An epidemiologist earlier told Reutersthat the illness was mainly affecting women and children.
In a 25 March 2021 interview, Marrero said that initial symptoms are often nonspecific, making a diagnosis challenging. He listed symptoms such as "behavioral changes, sleep disturbances, unexplained pain, visual hallucinations, coordination problems, unexplained hair loss, involuntary muscle twitching, formication (a sensation that feels like small insects crawling under the skin), ataxia ...
The Disease Prevention and Control Bureau of China stated that no new virus was found and that yinzibing was a mental health problem. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] A study of patients claiming to suffer from this disorder, conducted in 2013, concluded that this disease could not be completely explained by mental disorder. [ 7 ]
Health facilities attempted to make up shortfalls by charging ever larger fees for diagnosis and treatment, especially for a difficult disease like tuberculosis. In China today, patients' payments keep the health services running and the medical staff have been encouraged to supply profitable health goods and services, especially drugs.
By Andrew Silver. SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will increase the number of specialised teams tasked with responding to future infectious disease outbreaks by five to 25, its top health official has ...