54 cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome reported in Pune, doctors urge citizens not to panic

He said helium had directed wellness authorities to instrumentality a elaborate aesculapian past of the patients. GBS is an autoimmune disease that produces antibodies which onslaught the body’s nerves. It is simply a sequela of either gastrointestinal oregon influenza-like illness.

Doctors person besides urged citizens not to panic arsenic astir 1 successful each 1,000 radical with Campylobacter corruption gets GBS. However, the chances of betterment are precocious with supportive ventilation and medicines similar intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), they said.

District Collector Jitendra Dudi said a household survey volition beryllium carried retired successful the areas merged wrong the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits. These are chiefly areas astir Sinhagad Road, including Nanded, Kirkatwadi and others. GBS cases person been reported to the PMC chiefly from the Sinhagad Road area, pursuing the admittance of patients to the intensive attraction units of Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Poona Hospital, and others.

Some doctors person stated that studies bespeak that GBS-related bacteria are linked to inadequately disinfected h2o and tin pb to outbreaks. Dr Amit Dravid, an infectious diseases advisor astatine Poona Hospital, mentioned that immoderate patients diagnosed with GBS were recovered to person contracted the corruption from Campylobacter bacteria.

When asked astir the root of the infection, the territory collector said instructions had been issued to cod h2o samples from these areas. “The squad from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV) has besides collected samples from patients, and their study is expected soon,” Dudi said.

The collector besides said arsenic the medicines are expensive, they person sought support from the authorities to see them nether the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, the Maharashtra government’s flagship wellness security scheme. “We are besides issuing an advisory to boil h2o for drinking purposes”, helium added.

Dr Sameer Jog, a consulting intensivist astatine Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, stated that teams from the NIV, authorities health, and civic wellness departments interacted with patients connected Wednesday and collected samples.