Arizona boy, 11, diagnosed with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease after having back pains

An 11-year-old Arizona boy has been diagnosed with an extremely rare disease after suddenly experiencing back and chest pains.Giovanni Cruz from Tucson was rushed to Banner Diamond Children’s Medical Center after taking a turn for the worst in June.His mother Patricia revealed he had been “dancing, smiling and playing baseball” when he started suffering with pains across his chest and began sweating.After being transferred to Tucson Medical Center and undergoing a series of tests, doctors diagnosed him with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease.The extremely rare illness impacts just three Americans per every million each, with it attacking the victims lymph nodes and making them enlarge across the body.It causes the immune system to go into overdrive, leading to widespread inflammation that can damage the body’s organs.Patricia said she was picking him up from his sister’s home in June when he began complaining of chest pain, back pain and screaming.She told Arizona Family 3 TV: “He was saying, ‘mom my chest hurts, my chest hurts’ and I was like, ‘what’s wrong?’ and he was just complaining.”She said his condition quickly worsened.She continued: “From one minute to the next, he was screaming, sweating in pain, he was complaining about his back.Right away I rushed him to TMC.”Gio underwent tests at Tucson Medical Center but was sent home without a diagnosis after spending about a week there.

But his condition continued to deteriorate.Patricia continued: “All he wanted to do was sleep, and I was like this isn’t good.Then he started throwing up profusely, and then his cheeks if you saw the pictures they would just come out red.”Gio was taken back to Tucson Medical Center and was later transferred to Banner, where specialists diagnosed him with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease.His mom continued: “His is multicentric, so it’s all of his lymph nodes.

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