Bryant Hackett, 14, is not allowed near women who could be pregnant because he has a virus which is dangerous for unborn babies
A teenager is being forced to attend an all-boys school because he is dangerous to women - at least if they're pregnant.
Bryant Hackett, 14, has been diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) and has been told by medics he is to avoid close contact with expectant women for the foreseeable future.
Although the virus is not causing Bryant to suffer any symptoms, it could be harmful if contracted by a pregnant woman
He is even unable to have any contact with his sister Terri Wooton, 20, who is expecting a baby in a few weeks’ time.
Bryant, of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, said: ‘I miss my sister a lot and can’t wait until she gives birth. She is due in a few weeks.’
Bryant was diagnosed with the virus in July of last year after a rare strain of hepatitis he believes he picked up while on holiday in Majorca left him with a catalogue of health problems.
It caused him to develop liver failure and end up a with a blood platelet count of just four – the normal level is between 150 and 400.
He suffered bone marrow failure and had to have two bone marrow transplants which first required him to have chemotherapy to clear his existing bone marrow.
He was left with a weakened immune system, which caused him to contract pneumonia which his mother says almost killed him.
SOURCE-DAILYM
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