Friday, January 2, 2009

Kawasaki Disease Affects Young Children, Rarely Fatal



Jett Travolta, the 16-year old son of actress Kelly Preston and John Travolta became very sick when he was 2 and was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, an illness that affects the blood vessels in young children.

Jett Travolta died on Friday, January 2 2009, after suffering a seizure at the family's vacation home in the Bahamas, though it wasn't immediately clear whether the death was related to his illness. The boy was found in a bathtub, where he reportedly fell and hit his head.

Dr. Scott Alenick, a pediatric cardiologist in New Jersey, told FOXNews.com in an interview last year that Kawasaki disease is a condition that affects children, especially boys under the age of 5, and causes aneurysms and blockages in the blood vessels.

Read more on the news:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475488,00.html

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