Pune:
A girl is suspected to have died of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Maharashtra on Wednesday, whereas 16 new instances of the uncommon nerve dysfunction had been reported within the state, well being officers stated.
On Sunday, a 40-year-old man from Solapur died of suspected GBS.
“A 56-year-old girl from Pune with co-morbidities is suspected to have succumbed to GBS on the state-run Sassoon Basic Hospital,” a well being division official stated.
The well being division stated in a launch, “127 suspected sufferers of GBS have been discovered up to now, moreover yet another affected person suspected to have succumbed to the illness. 9 of them are from exterior Pune district.” Sixteen new GBS instances had been reported on Wednesday, it stated.
Seventy-two case have been identified as confirmed GBS instances and 20 sufferers are at the moment on ventilators, it stated.
Thus far, 121 stool samples have been despatched to the city-based Nationwide Institute of Virology (NIV), and all of them had been examined for ‘enteric virus panel’. Twenty-one samples examined optimistic for Norovirus whereas 5 stool samples examined optimistic for Campylobacter, the discharge stated.
A complete of 200 blood samples have been despatched to the NIV. All samples have examined destructive for Zika, dengue, chikungunya.
“A complete of 144 water samples from totally different elements of town have been despatched for chemical and organic evaluation to the Public Well being Laboratory, and samples from eight water sources discovered contaminated,” it stated.
GBS is a uncommon situation that causes sudden numbness and muscle weak spot, with signs together with extreme weak spot within the limbs, free motions, and so on.
Bacterial and viral infections usually result in GBS as they weaken the immunity of sufferers, and within the current case, the illness is suspected to have been triggered by contaminated water, in response to docs.
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