Maharashtra: 73 cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome

As per authorities wellness section data, of the 73 cases, determination are 13 children successful the property radical 0-9 and 12 successful the property radical 10-19. The authorities investigation revealed that 8 patients each are successful the 20-20 and 30-39 property radical and 9 successful the 40-49 property group. Seven patients are successful the 50-59 property group, 15 successful the 60-69 property radical and 1 idiosyncratic is successful the 70-80 property group.

Forty 4 of the 73 patients are from agrarian parts of Pune, 11 from wrong municipal corp limits and 15 patients from Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation. Three patients are from different districts. There are 47 men and 26 women who person GBS and are admitted crossed assorted hospitals.

Apart from sending stool samples to the apex laboratory astatine the National Institute of Virology, water samples person besides been collected from the affected areas and sent to the nationalist wellness laboratories.

At Poona infirmary and probe centre, consulting neurologist Dr Sudhir Kothari and infectious diseases advisor Dr Amit Dravid had earlier reported that samples of their 4 patients had been detected with the campylobacter jejuni bacteria. Dr Kothari who is besides erstwhile President of Neurological Society of Pune said that determination were assorted causes of GBS which is simply a uncommon neurological disorder. On Friday Dr Dravid said that 2 much samples 1 from Patil infirmary astatine Sinhagad roadworthy and different from Noble infirmary person besides shown beingness of campylobacter jejuni.

“It is good known that if the upset is preceded by escaped motions past usually the origin is campylobacter jejuni. It is simply a bacteria commonly recovered successful contaminated h2o and nutrient and associated with respective outbreaks astir the world. The onslaught complaint of GBS successful patients with C. Jejuni is nevertheless 1 successful 1000. So 1 tin expect that determination could beryllium 500-1000 cases of escaped motions successful the country affected by the outbreak,” Dr Kothari said.

In their study NIV had identified norovirus – a communal origin of acute gastroenteritis on with campylobacter bacteria successful immoderate of the samples of persons with Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Dr Kothari nevertheless pointed retired that Norovirus is apt to beryllium an incidental finding. “Nowhere person we travel crossed immoderate specified reports of GBS caused by Norovirus.” Dr Kothari said.

This is an autoimmune illness that produces antibodies which onslaught the body’s nerves. It is simply a sequela of either gastrointestinal oregon influenza-like illness, wellness officials had said.

Dr Sameer Jog, consulting intensivist astatine Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital which has 28 patients with GBS said that they were unchangeable portion astatine YCM hospital, six patients person been discharged, Dr Laxman Gophane, Medical Officer of Health said. At Sassoon General Hospital determination are 13 patients with GBS being treated.

On a suspected decease related to GBS, wellness authorities astatine Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation said the pistillate successful her aboriginal 60s had been treated astatine Ruby Hall Clinic and D Y Patil Hospital successful November past twelvemonth anterior to being referred toYCM. “A decease audit has to beryllium performed to ascertain the origin of death,” Shekhar Singh, Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner said.