Instead of getting a tetanus booster every 10 years, it may be possible to get one every three decades without increasing risk of tetanus infections. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

Fortunately, modern medicine rescued the child. Tetanus can be deadly, with 13.2% of people who get tetanus not surviving.But this boy survived and eventually returned to running and bicycling.

Opsoclonus myoclonus is a rare neurological disorder which has characteristics like an unsteady trembling gait myoclonus brief shock-like muscle spasms and opsoclonus irregular rapid eye movements ...

An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy infected with tetanus spent about two months in the hospital — during which time his family racked up nearly $1 million in hospital bills, a case report ...

For more than 30 years in Oregon, cases of tetanus in children were almost mythical — studied in textbooks but never seen in person — thanks to the effectiveness of pediatric vaccination programs.

A 6-year-old boy who didn't receive childhood vaccinations nearly died after getting tetanus in Oregon's first pediatric case of this kind in decades.

An unvaccinated Oregon boy almost died from tetanus, the first case of the bacterial infection in the state in 30 years. The 6-year-old's harrowing illness and painful, two-month treatment ...

Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a rare neuroimmunological disorder in children and adults. Symptoms include rapid multidirectional conjugate eye movements (opsoclonus), myoclonus, tremors ...

Opsoclonus‐Myoclonus Syndrome in Acute Cerebellar Ataxia –Clinical and electrophysiological observations of an adult case–, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 25, 2, (129-135), (2008 ...

Cases from tetanus have fallen to only a few dozen each year, thanks in part to vaccines driving down the once-high rates of the often-deadly infections in the early 20th century.

Treatment for opsoclonus myoclonus generally includes corticosteroids or ACTH or adrenocorticotropic hormone. When there is a presence of tumour in the patient, treatment options recommended may ...

Opsoclonus, defined as irregular, hyperkinetic, multidirectional spontaneous eye movements, is often accompanied by myoclonic jerks of the face and body, and at least as frequently by cerebellar ...