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12 girls suffer mystery condition in NY (Updated: diagnosis)
| January 13, 2012 | Posted by idoubtit under Mass hysteria, Unsolved mystery |
Update on Tourette-Like Illness in Leroy
LEROY, NY — Administrators in the Leroy Central School District updated parents and students about a mysterious disorder that’s affected twelve female high school students, causing them to exhibit symptoms similar to Tourette Syndrome.
Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder defined by involuntary motor and vocal tics.
Wednesday night, administrators said all 12 students have been diagnosed and are being treated. They are not releasing causes due to HIPAA laws. They said they found similarities among some cases but wouldn’t elaborate.
“I can assure you these children have all been seen by professionals that have come up with answers and they are all being treated and they’re actually doing pretty well,” said Dr. Greg Young, with the NYS Department of Health. They have ruled out all environmental factors, infections and the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning. NYS Health Department spokesman Jeff Hammond also says vaccines such as Gardasil were investigated as a cause and ruled out.
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The original story occurred in November. The article notes the various potential causes that were investigated, including mass hysteria, but “state officials feel that is not the case here.” The reason why they would say that is not given. The more extreme interpretations are things like demon infestation. Note: you can’t suddenly catch Tourette Syndrome. That is not the diagnosis. Yet, the real diagnosis is not given and the situation is frustrating parents.
Update: This article cites a local expert who says the most likely cause is mass psychogenic illness.
Essentially, mass psychogenic illness is the result of the brain making the body sick, not unlike what occurs when people suffer nausea and breathing difficulties as a result of “stage fright,” say medical experts. No one denies the reality of the symptoms, and healthy people can temporarily suffer from it.
UPDATE: 19-Jan-2012 Doctor speaks out and confirms psychological cause, “mass hysteria” (conversion disorder), as the diagnosis after other obvious sources have been discounted. This is unsurprising. It’s very common.
UPDATE (08-Feb-2012) Ben Radford (who wrote a book about these things) has a great post on mass hysteria. Check it out at Discovery News.
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Mustard gas poisoning. We’re they coughing up parts of their own, blistered lungs? (I’m doing WWI in class today.)
I’ve seen it (the story, not mustard gas) floating around on the conspiracy forums, but they are taking the “why won’t they tell us what’s wrong” approach. *facepalm*
Clearly the Montaulk experiments have gotten out of control, and coupled with the HAARP beams, well, we can just be happy that they are only swearing involuntarily.
Obviously it’s witchcraft. Someone should throw the girls in the water to see if they float.
No no no. It’s Gardasil that caused this.
http://www.naturalnews.com/034635_schoolgirls_mystery_illness_New_York.html
Without any evidence whatsoever, and leaping to a conclusion because the administrators do not want to violate Federal Privacy laws, which are quite strict in health care matters.