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Choose the correct headings of the 5 paragraphs below from the box.

 i. The visitation of infectious disease doctor

 ii. The administration of a test to identify a specific virus

 iii. The vacation in Rome
 iv. The initial symptoms that the boy experienced
 v. The new and changing symptoms
 vi. The activities of vacation in Hawaii

 vii. The sexual transmission disease test

 viii. The vacation in China

A Boy’s Mysterious Illness

“A 16-year-old boy suffering from chills, sweats, aching, and lethargy found himself in EDs around the world
over the course of a summer's travels, but he could never get a diagnosis—until his mom offered an unusual
suggestion, Lisa Sanders writes for the New York Times Magazine.”

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At the start of the summer, the boy and his family spent two weeks in Hawaii at their vacation home.
Afterward, the boy set off to a two-week music camp on the East Coast: one week at Brown University and a
second at Berklee College of Music. On his second day at camp, the boy started feeling sick, Sanders writes. His
head was throbbing, his eyes hurt, and he felt like he was going to throw up. He went to the infirmary, where a
doctor told him he probably had a virus. He spent the next two days in bed with chills and sweats. By the end
of the week, the boy felt almost normal—but the day after he arrived at Berklee, he developed a rash on his arms

that soon spread to his leg. He visited the infirmary again, where a doctor once again attributed his symptoms
to a virus, potentially linked to the illness he had the week before, and prescribed him antibiotics and a steroid.

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The boy again began to feel better. But a few days later, a new wave of symptoms emerged: His chest
felt tight, and he had aches all over. On his last day of camp, he discovered that his right testicle had become

swollen and tender, a condition known as orchitis. The boy was scheduled to fly to London with his father,
where they'd reunite with his mother and brother for a family vacation in Europe. He endured the flight, but by
the next morning, he couldn't get out of bed. Two days later, he finally was able to meet his family at a
restaurant—but he soon realized he couldn't eat, and he went back to his room. That's when his mother took

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