This Little Boy Was Shaky After Hitting His Head. Then Doctors Made An Alarming Discovery

When one little boy felt weak after hitting his head, his parents rushed him to hospital. At first, doctors believed he had a concussion. But, in reality, his situation was much more worrying.

But once again, the test came back negative. So, with Collin’s condition still in free-fall, his parents began to panic. Consequently, they had their son transferred to a children’s hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. It was only then that doctors discovered the shocking truth behind the toddler’s illness.COllin got to the new facility just in time. Doctors told his parents that, had they arrived just 30 minutes later, his little body would have gone into cardiac arrest. But, luckily, they were able to stabilize the child and get to the bottom of his condition.

A team of infectious disease doctors and neurologists removed a tick from behind Collin’s ear. It turned out that the little boy’s paralysis was all down to this tiny creature. And after receiving an antibiotic, the toddler began to regain some movement in his feet.

Little Collin had suffered from tick paralysis. The disease is caused by a neurotoxin found in certain ticks’ saliva. This transmits to the host when the parasite feeds and over the course of a few days destroys nerve tissue, causing paralysis. In some cases, the disease can be fatal. But Collin was saved just in time.

As soon as doctors removed the tick, Collin started to improve. Before his parents knew it, he was back to his normal, boisterous self. And a relieved Stephanie and Dillon could not have been happier.