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Boy, 4, suffers stroke after ear pain, vomiting and fever – Yahoo News Australia
The little boy had headaches, fever and vomiting with doctors determining what was wrong by looking in his ear.
A young boy has suffered a stroke after suffering a fever, headaches and vomiting.
The boy, 4, had a number of symptoms including a cough and purulent nasal discharge, according to his case in the British Medical Journal Case Reports.
After being admitted to hospital he began having muscle contractions in his limbs.
The boy was sedated and doctors noticed redness on the left eardrum and pus in the left ear canal, without a heart murmur, stiff neck or Kernigs sign.
An MRI of the boy’s brain showed…
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