Deadly Vacation: The mystery of Leah Rogers’ death and the rare disease that baffles doctors

The death of Leah Rogers, a 17-year-old from the UK, has shocked her family and friends and prompted an inquest into the circumstances of her death.

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Leah Rogers recently returned from her first holiday without her parents in Palmanova, Mallorca. Shortly after returning, he began to feel unwell and doctors initially thought he had severe tonsillitis. However, his health deteriorated rapidly, and doctors discovered he had a rare immune disease called HLH, or hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a disease that causes the overactivation of certain white blood cells (histiocytes or macrophages and T and B lymphocytes), which increase in number and accumulate in various organs (such as skin, spleen, brain , kidneys, heart, and liver) leading to increased size and damage to these organs.

Leah’s mother revealed in an interview with local media that Leah had a sore throat when she returned to the UK. When the pain didn’t stop, they decided to take her to a doctor. “She accidentally overdosed on paracetamol due to taking too many painkillers,” the mother said, highlighting the severe pain Leah experienced in her final days.

Leah’s mother added: “We thought we would eventually see improvement, so we felt a little calmer. But on Tuesday he started having abdominal pain. When the doctors came to see her, they immediately told her she had glandular fever.” Antibiotics were started, but regardless, her condition continued to worsen and the young woman was unable to eat on her own due to pain all over her body. throat.

However, Leah’s condition did not last long and she died earlier than her family expected. “We made the heartbreaking decision to start tapering off the medication. Then they took life support off and she passed away a few minutes later. It was around three in the morning. “We thought we could make it through a few days, but it turned out It turned into hours,” the mother stressed.

Leah’s siblings, Becky and Ben Rogers, shared some of the last messages Leah sent them before her death. In the messages, Leah expressed her sadness at Becky’s absence from the Mallorca trip and hoped to have “lots of other time” to travel together.

What is glandular fever?

Glandular fever, also called infectious mononucleosis or mononucleosis, is a virus caused by exposure to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or other bacterial organisms such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infect. The infection can be spread through direct person-to-person contact and saliva.

Symptoms of glandular fever may include high fever, sore throat, fatigue, and swollen glands in the neck. Other symptoms may include cough and/or chest pain and swollen tonsils and adenoids. You may experience swollen eyes and stomach pain.

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It’s worth noting that although some or all of these symptoms are unpleasant, they should not last more than 2 or 3 weeks. What can last longer is fatigue; it can take weeks or even months before all symptoms are gone (after all symptoms are gone).