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Zika Virus may cause additional neurological problems: The brain swelling, called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), resembles multiple sclerosis in some symptoms but is not permanent.

April 11th, 2016

“….Six people developed neurological symptoms and two suffered attacks that swelled the brain and damaged its myelin, the fatty material that protects nerves there and at the spinal cord……

All the people arrived in the hospital with a fever, then a rash, and some suffered red eyes, itching and aching muscles and joints – the known symptoms of the Zika virus. The neurological symptoms sometimes began immediately, or as long as 15 days after patients first sought treatment…..”

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Zika Virus may cause additional neurological problems: The brain swelling, called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), resembles multiple sclerosis in some symptoms but is not permanent.

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