CDC to help investigate students' twitching

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CDC to help investigate students' twitching

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From NBC12 News

http://www.nbc12.com/news/healthcast/11117661.html

The Centers for Disease Control has been called in to try to figure

out what's causing a group of Roanoke students to twitch.

Officials at Byrd High School say fewer than ten students

have reported twitching, tremors, dizziness, and headaches. So far,

tests on the school and students have come up inconclusive, which is

why the CDC is on scene.

Meanwhile, many experts say they believe it's a condition called

BFS, or Benign Fasciculation Syndrome.

" That's just very big words for describing these involuntary

skeletal muscle spasms or twitches, " said Dr. Ashton, a

public-health expert. " What they want to look at is whether there's

an environmental exposure, a toxic gas or something that these

students are coming in contact with. "

School remains in session, but hundreds of parents are keeping their

kids home until a cause is pinpointed.