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A 16-week-old baby boy is fighting for his life after being diagnosed with botulism.

Logan Douglas was admitted to hospital in Edinburgh where doctors spotted signs of the rare disease and ordered a test.

Health protection experts said there had not been a report of an infant with botulism in Scotland since 1983.

Logan has been left paralysed after contracting the disease, according to The Scottish Sun.

His condition at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh is described as critical but stable, a spokeswoman for NHS Lothian said.

In a statement released by NHS Lothian, his mother Theresa Fitzpatrick, from Dunfermline, Fife, said: "We are pleased that he's in the best place to get the treatment he needs and hope he will be fit and strong again as soon as possible."

His father Alex Douglas, said: "He's our bonnie lad and we are looking forward to getting him back home soon and seeing him smiling again."

Logan was admitted to the hospital on September 19. It is not known how the toddler caught the disease.

Botulism is caused by botulinum toxin, a poison produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.

A spokeswoman for Health Protection Scotland said: "Based on our electronic records, which go back to 1983, we have not seen a laboratory report of an infant botulism case. There have been no cases of botulism in Scotland in the last year."