Update: respiratory cases in montgomery county, texas. video at link of a woman who shares details of her son who died. He developed complications from the illness which ended in organ/kidney failure

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Montgomery County officials are on high alert as a mysterious and fatal flu-like illness continues to baffle doctors. Of the eight reported cases seen at the Conroe Regional Medical Center, four patients aged from 41 to 65 have died and two others are struggling for their lives.

Health department representatives tell CultureMap that no diagnosis has been made for an unknown illness that begins with symptoms resembling the flu. In a matter of weeks or even days, however, victims develop serious complications including organ failure.

The big worry about a situation like this is, ‘Could this be a novel flu of some sort?' " Dr. Mark Escott with the Montgomery County Public Health District tells KHOU Ch. 11. "It could certainly be lots of other viruses or other diseases, but that is the big concern."

[link to houston.culturemap.com]