What symptoms are indicative of the illness?
Prolonged refusal to eat, severe and irregular unease, excessive sleepiness, apathy, semi-consciousness or spasms. Vomiting and diarrhea also appear in some of the infants. In each of these situations one should go to an emergency room. Symptoms unrelated to the illness are: various cold signs such as fever and runny nose, rash, eye infection, asthma, etc. Is it possible to recover from the illness? It is certainly possible to recover from the illness, but much rachamei Shomayim is needed to ensure the brain damage does not become irreversible. The illness impairs critical body functions, including the central nervous system, the heart and respiration. When will we know the danger has passed? It is nearly certain that children who consumed non-dairy Remedia and have not become ill by now will not develop the illness. Is it dangerous to use other milk substitutes? No. The other companies’ milk substitutes include non-dairy formulas that are safe for use. Only Remedia’s non-dairy formula
