[TI] Lemierre's syndrome

[Rosalie Amison]

Terry
How is your daughter?
Rosalie Amison

-----Original Message-----
From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Barbara Jenkins
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 5:50 PM
To: tskibiski at yahoo.com; terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
Subject: Re: [TI] Lemierre's syndrome

Dear Terry,
We just got back from a family reunion a week ago and I am just now getting 
caught up with my emails.  Seems to take longer to recoup from that long 
drive back east than it used to.
Anyhow, I wanted to thank you for the information and I am so glad to hear 
that your daughter will be well...what a horrible experience you have been 
through.  One never knows from day to day, I guess that is why we need to 
savor every moment.
Take care,
Barbara Jenkins

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Skibiski" <tskibiski at yahoo.com>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:03 PM
Subject: [TI] Lemierre's syndrome


> The purpose of this letter is to inform you all about Lemierre’s syndrome, 
> a rare but serious condition that affects teenagers and young adults. 
> Less than one person in a million gets it, but ninety percent of the time 
> it is fatal.  I know about it because my seventeen-year-old daughter, 
> Lauren, was recently stricken with it, and fortunately she was one of the 
> ten percent who caught it in time and survived.  It starts off with a 
> severe sore throat, followed by nausea, chills, and high fevers (Lauren’s 
> reached 105.2).  The throat becomes infected, and the infection then 
> spreads to the jugular vein, where it forms a massive blood clot.  Pieces 
> of the clot break off and settle in the lungs, which then become infected, 
> and double pneumonia sets in.  Sometimes the clot breaks off and goes to 
> the brain, causing bran damage or death.  Lauren was in the hospital in 
> intensive care for eleven days.  She is now home, with no serious side 
> effects, but has to
> continue heavy-duty intravenous antibiotics three times a day, and will be 
> on blood thinners for six to nine months.  The risk of the blood clot 
> causing serious damage will remain until the clot is completely gone.  I’m 
> telling you this so you are aware of the dangers.  If you have a child or 
> grandchild who becomes excessively ill following a sore throat, get it 
> treated immediately.  Strep and mono tests come out negative, so treatment 
> is usually delayed.  Lemierre’s is becoming more prevalent today because 
> doctors are reluctant to prescribe antibiotics unless absolutely 
> necessary, but they are the only things that will prevent the infection 
> from forming the blood clot.  So please, listen to your children and get 
> them the help they need.  Only around 160 cases of this syndrome have been 
> reported, but we don’t want any more.
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Terry Skibiski
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