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Boy with rare disease almost loses vision
    2019-02-26  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy almost lost his eyesight after developing a fever and had dysuria during his winter break with his parents in his hometown in Henan Pro-vince, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.

The boy, identified as Xiaocan, was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder at The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangming District after Xiaocan’s parents took him back to Shenzhen on Chinese New Year’s Day as his condition worsened.

Xiaocan developed a fever as high as 39.7 degrees Celsius shortly after arriving in his hometown. His body temperature returned to normal the next day after taking some medicine. However, Xiaocan had difficulty urinating two days later and he did not have enough strength to walk, the report said.

His mother took the boy to see a doctor at a nearby hospital and his condition started improving after taking medicine.

Xiaocan later had pain in his eyes and became afraid of light. Xiaocan said he could barely see things two days after using eyedrops his mother bought him for the eye pain, the report said.

His parents immediately took Xiaocan back to Shenzhen and the boy was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica, a rare autoimmune disorder in which immune system cells and antibodies attack the optic nerves and the spinal cord, leading to a further decrease in vision.

After receiving treatment, Xiaocan has been discharged from the hospital. (Wang Jingli)

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