GBS Outbreak: Maharashtra’s Pune is witnessing a surge in the cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological disease. The condition often causes weakness, numbness or paralysis.
When a person is infected with GBS, their body’s own immune system starts attacking the nerves. Weakness and tingling in the hands and feet are usually the first symptoms. In Pune, over 100 cases of suspected GBS have been recorded.
In almost all the patients, recent case history has shown episodes of gastroenteritis, vomiting, diarrhoea and nausea before the onset of the characteristic peripheral numbing of GBS, leading to paralysis, The Hindu reported.
GBS Outbreak: Here are top 10 developments so far
- A 41-year-old chartered accountant working in Pune was identified Monday as the first casualty of the Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) outbreak in Pune.
- Pune’s GBS caseload has spiralled to 111 in less than three weeks since the cluster formed in January 9.
- At least 17 of the patients are on ventilator support, while seven have been discharged.
- In the Pune cluster, experts have found the bacteria Campylobacter jejuni and norovirus in samples.
- Dr Priyanka Sehrawat from AIIMS Delhi has identified gastroenteritis as one of the key triggers for GBS and warned people about the risks associated with contaminated food and water.
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome detected in Nagpur and two patients were put on ventilator.
- A man in Solapur is suspected to have died due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
- A team from the World Health Organization (WHO) accompanied by Pune Municipal Corporation Commissioner Dr Rajendra Bhosale also visited Nanded village in Haveli tehsil of Pune.
- The Union Health Ministry on Monday said a seven member expert team was deployed to work with the local authorities to implement the public health measures and manage the cases.
- Three experts from NIV, Pune were already supporting the local authorities; the central team has now been expanded.
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