Three-year-old Raffy Holliday passed away after suffering inflammation of the brain
The heartbroken parents of a little boy who tragically died after contracting herpes have said he 'didn't have an immune system' to fight the illness.
Approximately 70 per cent of children will contract HHV-6B by the age of three, however most develop a natural immunity which prevents further reinfection. Reactivation of the virus is common in transplant patients and can be fatal for those with weakened immune systems. This is when a type of white blood cell called neutrophils drop below a certain level, severely weakening the immune system.
"The hospital told us they don't normally see HHV-6B do what it did to Raffy, but it can and it did. We don't have our son anymore because of it. During this time the virus caused him to develop ulcerative colitis, gut bleeds, external ulcers, mouth sores, two bouts of pancreatitis, a blood clot, death of tissue in the spleen, a bleed between his brain and skull, and seizures.
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