Pediatric reye syndrome

Reye's syndrome (Reyes syndrome, RS) is an acute progressive encephalopathy, also known as encephalopathy with visceral steatosis, Reye syndrome, viral infectious encephalopathy syndrome, massive steatosis of liver-acute encephalopathy syndrome, vomiting disease, Liver lipidosis and so on. This syndrome is a syndrome of unknown clinical origin with acute encephalopathy and liver steatosis as the main clinical feature. It was first reported by Australian pediatric pathologist Reye in 1963. Reye syndrome is a critical illness, often with symptoms of encephalopathy such as acute increased intracranial pressure, disturbance of consciousness, and convulsions following a precursor virus infection. It is often accompanied by severe cerebral edema, liver abnormalities and metabolic disorders. Most cases were fatal due to severe intracranial pressure and cerebral hernia, or severe neurological sequelae remained. Note that this disease occurs in children under 15 years of age, common in children 2 to 16 years old, infants, children, evenly distributed, occasional familial cases. Infants younger than 1 year of age often experience convulsions with hypoglycemia, apnea and hyperventilation.

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