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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. ... an infectious disease specialist and ...
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 ]
The respiratory illness is not new and has previously spiked in the U.S. too. China’s latest virus surge is the human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which has also seen spikes in the U.S.
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 ...
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 complication, currently known as pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, resembles Kawasaki disease and seems to affect the heart, but lacks the typical COVID-19 symptoms of a cough and ...
Chronic, non-communicable diseases account for an estimated 80% of total deaths and 70% of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost in China. Cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are the leading causes of both death and of the burden of disease, and exposure to risk factors is high: more than 300 million men smoke cigarettes and 160 million adults are ...
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 said. The country will also improve ...