14 days symptoms deteriorating each day, 23 year old healthy female day one confusion day 2 worse was sent to Beaumont, has gone from walking in to next step icu for breathing help and awaiting seizures, mri x 4 ct scan by 3, pet scan x 1, tests sent to oxford, all negative, lumbar punctures revealed a virus in the spinal fluid which is being treated but docs say this is only a small part of the symptoms and possibly dormant and now active, has lost speech is totally limp bedridden eyes half closed but vacant. after pet scan on Friday doctors said they are back to the drawing board. She had keyhole surgery in February for endometriosis laser and it was completely successful. They have checked from pet scan if there are tumours present but none. Information is not great, they have said they have no idea what it could be they have exhausted all possible causes through her symptoms but have come up empty. Is there a global database for undiagnosed virus s would our doctors be reaching out for information on a global scale, UK has come up negative..... Lynda