Originally Posted by
zozee
Oh, my, word! "Like the flag...can't touch the ground!" I'm cracking up! Sweet picture. I'd never heard of that syndrome.
Zozee, Lemierre's Syndrome mainly strikes kids ages 4-24, and is quite rare. The virus resides in every person, however only raises it's ugly head to a select few children. It starts with flu-like symptoms, then a clot develops in the jugular vein. It can break off and move to the brain or lungs. Hers traveled to her lungs, resulting in two collapsed lungs. She was in ICU for 5 days, and it was touch or go for a while. If your child complains of neck pain when you think they have the flu, take them DIRECTLY to the ER. It must be treated quickly. Most doctors have never even heard of it. We were bless that she was at an advanced children's hospital that thought "outside the box" when trying to figure out what was going on with her! She was the first case of it ever seen in that hospital.