Pune has reported six fresh suspected cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an immunological nerve disorder, on Friday, PTI reported. The total number🔯 of cases in the region now stands at 73.
The total number of GBS cases increased to 73, comprising 47 an♎d 26 women. Of these, 14🔴 are on ventilator support.
Pune has reported six fresh suspected cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an immunological nerve disorder, on Friday, PTI reported. The total number🔯 of cases in the region now stands at 73.
"The total number of GBS cases🍃 increased to 73, comprising 47 and 26 women. Of these, 14 are on ventilator support," news agency PTI quoted an official from the sta✤te health department as saying.
The State Health Department, on Tuesday, set up a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to investigat♒e the sudden rise in this infection after 24 suspected cases were found initially, said official🐎, as cited PTI.
The RRT and PMCs♍ health department continued surveillance in the affected areas of the Sinhg🎶ad Road area.
A total of 7,215 houses have been surveyed so far, comprising 1,943 houses in Pune Municipal Corporation limits, 1,750 houses in Chinchwad Municipal Corporation limits, and 3,522 houses in the district's rural areas, the official 🎀said.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is marked by symp🅠toms such as muscle weakness, changes in sensation, and difficulty with eye muscles and vision, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Affected individuals may also struggle with swallowing, speaking, or chewing and experience sensations likꦑe pricking or pins and needles in the💃ir hands and feet.
The syndrome can also cause severe pain, especially ꦯat night; coordination problems; unsteadiness; abnormal heart rate or blood pressure; and issues with digestion and bladder control.
GBS is prevalent in both paediatric and young-age groups; it will not lead to an epidemic or pandemic, officials said𒀰, as quoted by PTI, adding most will recover fully with treatment.