Regional Disease poses threat to children B\ William C. Crum Assot iatcd Press l’( )KTI ..\\l) |.\P) \ pediatm i,m it Oregon Health Si iciu es I'niversitv on Mend.tv warned parents lo lie vvarv ot the IhrtMt Irum men ingor oi l.11 disease. an ailiinmt th.it poses ,i p.irtit nhir thre.it to voting children ill t;,ir\ I’.irks, ,i peili.itrii ( ritii .il i.ire spec i.11 ist .it Oli.Sh, said the hospital had treated si\ cases ol the disease this year, and one . hiltl died The ailment claimed the lives ol six people, lour ol them voting i hildren. last v ear in I lie \ ak miii. \\ ash area In each case at ()!IS( this rear. Parks said there was a delav in diagnosing the diseasi and beginning treatment lie advised parents to avoid delav in seeking medical treatment tin children who hei nine le thargil and dev elop a lev el "The lastei we i an gel our hands on these chil dren. till' heller we i an do with them Parks said at a news conlereni e at the hospital He said a rash that develops in almost all i ases makes the disease easv to identilv The liac teria that i auses rnenmgot or i al disease is spread through coughing and sneezing The disease rail lead to meningitis an inflammation ol the lining ot the brain Parks said tile state could he fat mg the begin ning ol an epidemii but I red Itoeslv ol the epi demiologv sei lion at the state Health Division said .in epidemii is unlikelv to develop lloesly said 111 cases had been reported to the Health I)iv ision so tar this veal down Irom IB at the same time last ve.tr Menmgoi ma al disease is about as prevalent in Oregon as pertussis or whooping i ough, he said lloeslv said there were VI rases ol rneningoi in < al disease last sear m Oregon and one dtMtli "Ur i annot sas that sve have an\ problem here that's unusual m comparison I" past statistics I lot's 1 y sail! Pa i ks san I lilt1 < unt i’t n nt dot tors at ( )l I SI ss as prompted tis the number and severils ot the ( ases the\ had treated this \ear Parks said some children mas siiffei only mild symptoms labile others bei ome extremely su k ver\ ipiicklx 1’atks said the t hdd that died at ()IISI was healths onls hours Indore his death Ills case ssas probably right hours from being ssrll to being dead, he said The disease causes blood i lolling abnormalities that restrict the floss ot blood to the extremities and to the organs ot the hods A .111 month-old bos treated during the last Isso ss eeks .it (HIM probably ss ill lose the tips ot Ills lingers and toes bei a use ot the loss ot i iri illation The latest i ase at (HIM is that ot K.u hel Itakamus a 1 t month old from l.ongsiess Wash ss ho s\ as sent to the hospital Sunil.is night I'lie little girl s parents Mill and ( athy HakanutS said their d.mghtei developed a lever and ssas up most ot the night Saturdas (laths Itakamus noticed a slight rash Siindas morning and took K.u hel to her pediatrn inn. ss ho i m med late Is sent the i hdd to ( H 1st Kai hel ssas in i ritical but stable condition Mondas in the hospital's pediatrii intensive i are unit She has evers single organ system being moil llored. head to toe P.llks said I lie i lllld mas eventually need plastu surgery, he said (laths Hahumtis. a Jli sear old mother ot Isso said her youngest daughter s rash nr its earls stages looked like broken blood vessels 1 11 “Rotvdtf ^odcisf Prfici comes I0U0IO McArthur Court Sunday March 4 at 7 30 p m ROWDY RODDY PIPER — vs — Ravishing Rick Rude Brutus The Barber Beefcake vs Rick The Model Martel The Bushwackets vs The Bulshevtks Tito Santana vs Akeem and much more' and Much More w W0M.0 WRtSTUNG FEDffUTK Tickets $14, $11, and $9 plus $1.50 city surcharge. 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