Reye Syndrome
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is an extremely rare, non-contagious disease thought to be
triggered by aspirin use. The actual origin of the disease is unknown. Reye's
Syndrome, occasionally called Reye-Jacobsen's Syndrome, is known to follow any
viral infection. Two of the most common viral infections it precedes is
influen ....
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.... begin with vomiting and
progress to a stupor and near comatose state. This disease is often found in
young children and infants. Over sixty percent of reported Reye's Syndrome
cases occur in children under the age of sixteen, with the majority of these
cases being in children under six. Although less than five percent of Reye's
Syndrome cases occur in people over the age of sixty, the elderly are often the
most severely affected, due to old age and weakening immune systems. Infants,
whil ....
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