A New York hospital said it has seen an above-average number of brain abscesses in children this year, while doctors in Clark County, Nevada saw cases spike last year.
BSIP / Universal Images Group via GettyAfter seeing an unusually high number of children with life-threatening brain infections last year, doctors are calling attention to the puzzling trend.
Brain abscesses are rare and generally form when fungi or bacteria enter brain tissue because of injury or infection. The body uses healthy tissue to He noted, though, that because brain abscesses are rare, this year’s total is still in the single digits at his hospital. “As soon as we started to undo some of these [pandemic restrictions], you started to see the viruses come back, you saw more sinus infections, and then, not surprisingly, you ended up seeing more brain abscesses,” Shah said.
One hospital in particular — Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan — saw a 236% increase in bacterial brain infections during that time.
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