Reye Syndrome Symptoms

Signs and symptoms
... The signs and symptoms of Reye''s syndrome typically begin about one week after a viral infection such as influenza or chickenpox. After a child appears to be recovering from a viral illness, he or sh...

Causes
... Reye''s syndrome tends to occur in previously healthy children about a week after common viral infections such as influenza or chickenpox. It can also develop after an ordinary upper respiratory infec...

Reye Syndrome Prevention

Prevention
... To reduce the risk of Reye''s syndrome, avoid giving aspirin or medications that contain aspirin to your child to treat viral illnesses. Other names for aspirin include: Acetylsalicylic acid Acetylsal...

Reye Syndrome Treatment

Complications
... While most children who survive Reye''s syndrome don''t suffer any long-term damage, this disorder can result in permanent liver damage, irreversible neurologic damage, coma and death. Reye''s syndrom...

Treatment
... Fortunately, most children whom doctors evaluate for possible signs and symptoms of Reye''s syndrome don''t have the disease. Instead, they may not have fully recovered from a flu-like illness, or the...

Reye Syndrome Other

Reye''s Syndrome
... What is Reye''s Syndrome? Reye''s syndrome (RS) is primarily a children''s disease, although it can occur at any age. It affects all organs of the body but is most harmful to the brain and the liver--...

Reye''s Syndrome Information Page
... Reye's syndrome (RS) is primarily a children's disease, although it can occur at any age. It affects all organs of the body but is most harmful to the brain and the liver--causing an acute inc...