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Time of India
5 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
Can a 'scratch' cause THIS deadly brain infection
In a rare incident in Mumbai, a young girl ended up in the ICU after a seemingly harmless cat scratch led to a dangerous brain infection. After rescuing a stray kitten, she contracted neurobartonellosis, a rare form of cat scratch disease. A tiny scratch landed a young girl in the ICU, and shortly after, she was diagnosed with a rare, but dangerous brain infection. This rare case has shocked many, with many wondering if a seemingly harmless scratch could lead to brain damage. A rare case Dr Vishal Gabale, a functional medicine specialist based in Mumbai, India, has recently shared a rare case, where a child ended up in the intensive care unit, after playing with a cat. Two weeks before landing in the hospital, the girl had rescued a stray kitten. 'She never knew she would end up in ICU just for helping this kitten,' Dr. Gabale said in an Instagram video , stressing the importance of handling animals with care. And no, the girl didn't get rabies. 'So, exactly two weeks later when she helped this kitten, she collapsed at school. She came to her ER with generalized seizure, high-grade fever, and weakness on the left side of the body. Looking at the symptoms, we were suspecting an infection. But there were no signs of meningitis, no toxoplasmosis, her CSF was normal, only lymphocytic leucitosis was there. But when we did the MRI, it was showing a ring-enhancing lesion in right parietal lobe. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Earn Summer Cash Back Rewards on Groceries Save Mart Join Now Undo We were all confused,' the doctor said, explaining about the difficulty in diagnosing the cause. Cat scratch and a dangerous disease The cause remained a mystery, but the doctor soon noticed a faint scratch on the child's arm. Her mother recalled that the child had rescued a kitten and used to play with it. The doctors soon test the child for Bartonella henselae , the bacteria responsible for cat scratch disease. The results came back positive, and the girl was diagnosed with neurobartonellosis, a rare but life-threatening brain infection. The bacteria found in a cat's saliva can enter the human body through a scratch or bite. When the kitten scratched the child, the bacteria entered the body and then into the bloodstream. In most cases, cat scratch disease causes mild symptoms, such as swollen lymph nodes, fever, or fatigue, which resolve without serious complications. However, in the little girl's case, it led to the infection of the brain. 'Usually, it just causes swollen lymph nodes. But sometimes, rarely, it can cause blood brain barrier via infected endothelial cells, inflammatory cytokines, or direct infection. And then it attacks the brain, causing seizure, encephalopathy, neuroretinitis, and even hemiparesis,' the doctor said. (Pic courtesy: iStock) According to a 2023 study the incidence of cat-scratch disease was reported to be 6.4 cases per 100,000 population in adults and 9.4 cases per 100,000 population in children aged 5-9 years globally. Supreme Court Pushes Central Govt to Finalise FOPL: What It Means & Why It Matters? | Explained The girl's medical team acted swiftly, upon diagnosis, and administered doxycycline and rifampin. 'This is a standard treatment for the CNS Bartonella. Slowly, she got better,' the doctor said. While most cat scratches are harmless, sometimes it could lead to serious risk. Even a small scratch should not be dismissed.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Yahoo
Where did gun in Clovis shooting come from? Parents of teen suspect may be liable
Two 16-year-olds have been arrested by Clovis police on suspicion of the shooting death of an 18-year-old outside a local McDonald's restaurant. It happened in late April in the popular shopping center anchored by a Save Mart grocery store and a Trader Joe's, at Willow and Nees avenues. The incident shocked Clovis residents, both for the young ages of those involved as well as where the slaying happened. A key question before investigators is this: Where did the gun come from? If it was taken from one of the suspects' homes, the parents (or guardian) will likely fall under legal jeopardy for unsafe storage of a firearm in a home with children present. Opinion California has strict rules regarding safeguarding guns from youths. If the gun used in the shooting of Caleb Quick came from the home of the 16-year-old boy, believed to be the shooter, or the 16-year-old girl, considered the driver of the getaway car, District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp will have to choose whether to bring charges against the parents. In this case, she would be right to do so. On the evening of April 23, Quick and two friends entered McDonald's and then talked among themselves for about 13 minutes. Watching them was a suspect dressed in a black hoodie sweatshirt, who police believe was the shooter. When Quick and his friends left the restaurant, so did the suspect, police have said. 'Moments later, the suspect shot Quick in the side of the head at least one time shortly before 9 p.m., then fled westbound on Nees in a getaway vehicle, described as a newer white Tesla,' reported Bee staff writer Anthony Galaviz. On May 6 Clovis police served a search warrant at a home in north Fresno and found a white Tesla believed to be the getaway vehicle. Police Chief Curt Fleming said the car was impounded, and a 'gun was also recovered from the alleged shooter's home,' Galaviz reported. To be clear, no details about the weapon have been given yet by police. It may not belong to parents of either suspect. But if it does, prosecutors would seem to have good grounds to bring first-degree criminal charges for unsafe storage of a weapon. California Penal Code Section 25100(a) defines criminal storage of a firearm in the first degree as occurring when a person keeps any firearm on a premises they control and a child (or prohibited person, like an ex-felon) gains access, resulting in injury or death. If someone is found guilty of first-degree criminal storage, that person can be sent to state prison for up to three years. A Fresno man was arrested on suspicion of such a crime last December after a toddler got hold of his loaded firearm and fired it, killing the child's mother by accident. Jessinya Mina, 22, was killed in an apartment at Fresno Street and San Jose Avenue. She lived there with 18-year-old Andrew Isaac Sanchez. He kept the 9mm loaded handgun in the bedroom the couple shared, where children could find it. 'While handling the firearm, the toddler was able to pull the trigger, resulting in Mina being struck,' police said. The leading examples of parental negligence in a teen shooting were James and Jennifer Crumbley of Michigan. Their son Ethan, then 15, used a gun to kill four students and injure others at Oxford High School in November 2021. Their son took the weapon from an unlocked container at home. The parents were later convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sent to prison. The Crumbleys' convictions marked the first time such charges had been brought against parents of a school shooter, CNN noted. Quick was a student in Clovis Online School, and the suspects were also students in the Clovis Unified School District. Clovis Unified superintendent Corrine Folmer sent an email to district parents on Saturday saying 'that those arrested are also students in our district is a tragedy now doubled.' Galaviz reported Fleming said Quick, who previously attended Buchanan High, and the two suspects knew one another. Fleming is confident the two suspects were at the location when the crime occurred. The Clovis-Fresno community waits to learn more from police about the weapon used in Quick's killing. If it ends up coming from one of the suspects' homes, the parents or guardians of that person must be charged, if for no other reason than to send the message that such negligence is wrong and will not be tolerated.
