12 Teen Students Come Down With Tourette’s Like Illness

In Uganda, Another Outbreak of Nodding Syndrome, a Disease Epidemiologists Can’t Explain.

Nodding syndrome, a disease that has sickened more than a thousand children in northern Uganda since the summer, is named for its most distinctive symptom: involuntary, at times violent bobbing of the head, like someone repeatedly nodding yes or snapping out of a doze. Outbreaks of nodding syndrome cropped up in South Sudan this summer, in the same region of Uganda two years ago, in southern Sudan—not yet an independent nation—in 2001, and periodically in remote mountain villages in Tanzania. Nearly half a century has passed since the first reported case, but epidemiologists still have only a rudimentary understanding of this mysterious disease. They’ve found few hints as to what might cause it, and no effective treatments.

The diseases strikes otherwise healthy children, usually between ages 5 and 15. The children first have trouble concentrating; soon, the characteristic head-nodding, often triggered by eating or the sight of food, begins. As the disease progresses, it stunts growth and leads to physical disabilities and cognitive decline. The prognosis only gets worse from there: pediatrician Jennifer Foltz, an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer who tracked the 2009 Ugandan outbreak, says in a CDC video about the condition, “We haven’t had any reports that anybody’s improved and gotten better from this disease, and we have gotten reports that children have passed away from the disease.” Scott Dowell, another CDC investigator, had an even bleaker take. “Once they have it, they are going to die with it, and much earlier than they would have otherwise,” he told Nature News.

Recent investigations have yielded some clues. Epidemiologists now know that the syndrome is a new seizure disorder, with seizures that, among other effects, cause the neck to momentarily lose muscle tone, triggering a head bob. Brain imaging studies have uncovered signs of neural degeneration. Some researchers have suggested that Onchocerca volvulus, the parasitic worm that causes river blindness, might be linked to nodding syndrome as well—but what the parasite’s role in the disease is, exactly, remains a mystery. So, too, does how to treat the condition.

Here is link: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/12/27/in-uganda-another-outbreak-of-nodding-syndrome-a-disease-epidemiologists-cant-explain/.

Does Gardisil side effects cause paralysis? Nodding syndrome borne by parasite transmission does.

@whec_bbrean, Paralysis not tics. We're posting the raw comments of doc from NYS public health @ whec.com. That mite answer some of your questions.

Uncommon adverse Gardisil effects normally don't involve such a large cluster of similar cases, esp. in one place. A relatively new, degenerative parasite-borne disease with little or no known method of transmission (ie, water, fly bite, food) could cause undue panic. Nodding syndrom is actively being investigated by the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/video/nodding/nodding.htm).

It could be from wireless technology at the school or in the area. Either from wireless routers in the school or Cellular Towers.

12 girls in the same school. Any chance they received the same batch of H1N1 mass inoculation two years ago?

The NY Dept of Health should be looking beyond the conventional illnesses and open their minds to this new poison in our atmosphere! When will the world open its eyes to this glaring danger…how many more children will have to become ill? More parents need to become informed

Rose Principe – If it was a poison in the atmosphere then why would only 12 teenage girls be affected? I'm not buying that argument.

Could it be that they are all faking symptoms? Like the kids from the Salem witch trial in the 1600's.

Gail Mason – Because electrohypersensitivity does not affect everyone in the same way. Also, most kids may have problems but they are not reporting it. You need to do your research and not turn a blind eye to this real emerging poisoning of humanity. It was been researched and proven that most wireless sources over time DO cause cellular change in the human body. If you don't think it is the atmospheric/environmental conditions, then what do you think is causing this problem? 12 girls from the same school is a very high percentage to have the same illness symptoms. Most health problems in the world are caused by our atmosphere/environment.

I have Tourette's and someone suspected when I was in Rochester university NY (also very near Leroy) I could have gotten it from a vaccine of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella….because after 10 or 11 days later after the shot did my Tourette's all of a sudden Tic out…and I have had it ever since then (from 19 yrs old to 37 yrs old)…..Where is the light? My real name is NOT J.S. by the way because I would never have been able to quote on Facebook without loosing my identity! (It is J.W.)

Are you kidding me? Did you see the video:

http://todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/17/10173998-teen-girls-medical-mystery-baffles-doctors

Doesn't look like she is faking to me!

Anthony Vivardo , It was just a suggestion, no i didn't see the video when i posted this. i seen it on the news last night, no i do not think she was faking.

Mikki Centeio Pereira – At first, I think a lot of people may have speculated – even myself. But, once I saw the video I could tell this is a REAL problem. Hopefully, it gets enough press coverage and find out the reason for the problem. These girls are very young and deserve a quality life.

Once you find correlations between all the girls and how there interacting with the environment (experiencing stress, taking medication, wearing the same brand of tampon, eating moldy cafeteria food, breathing in chemicals in the school etc, then you can narrow those correlations down to a view and decide for your self. I personally believe this has something to do with medication such as Adderall that some of the girls mentioned taking ( I don't know if they where all taking that but I do know eldest a view of them where and if they where all taking that "Let's all wake UP" ). However it would make sense if they where because everything would be on a "hush" about giving a solid answer/diagnosis like it has been playing out. I do know that case's like this have frequently been caused by Adderall and a mixture of environmental factors but it has not been able to be proven because of the existence of other possibilities. This case is different.

http://doublecheckmd.co m/EffectsDetail.do? dnam e=Adderall&sid=6025&eid =2487.

I'm really interested to know, this is not just 12 girls experiencing "stress" all at the same time all at the same place. These 12 girls are being effected by an un natural environmental factor that is causing a severe neurological chemical imbalance inside there head. We should not just accept a "diagnosis" but rather an explanation based on empirical evidence on how they obtained this behavior from there environment……

The Migraine Headache sympton is often caused by Excitotoxins, according to Neurosurgeon, Dr. Russell Blaylock, in his fine book, "Excitotoxins – The Taste That Kills", and Excitotoxins excite the body's Nerve Cells similar to Tourette Syndrome!

Since it is all females, perhaps there is some kind of toxic mold in the girls locker room, or some other area that only the females go, like girls restrooms.

I'd like to know if they've all had some of the newer vaccines.

what if it is some kind of neurotoxin they all picked up out of maybe a drinking fountain in the locker room? couldn't they try a shot of epinefrin to see if it has an affect?

They need to research P.A.N.D.A.S. The same thing happened to my son 3 years ago. Caused by a streph infection that attacks the brain.

It's probably strep.