In early January, the symptoms of Oani Nike were first infiltrated on it, starting with dual vision and quickly followed by a weak headache and a strange feeling in her face.
She said, “There was a weight in my jaw and my eyes, and my throat was completely banned.” “I was very worried.”
She and her husband rushed to the hospital where she spent 12 days in intensive care, connected to IV for food because she could not speak or swallow.
Nike, a teacher in public schools, said that she tried to communicate with doctors to find out if she would recover from facial paralysis.
“I thought,” I don’t want to live like this. I don’t want to live with a double vision, ”Nike, 40, told CBC News from her home in Bonn, a city in Maharashtra state in India, where she is slowly recovering.
She was diagnosed with Guilllain-Barré, or GBS, a rare autoimmune disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks its nerves, causing muscle weakness and varying degrees of paralysis.
32 still in intensive care
Naik’s is one of 212 confirmed cases of GBS in Pune as of Thursday, every part of the outbreak of the disease that still sees new patients who have been diagnosed in a city that has grown quickly because it has become an educational center and information technology.
As of Thursday noon, 11 people have died there, and two in 48 previous hours, according to Bonn’s officials.
More than ten patients on industrial respirators, with 32 still in intensive care.
Dr. Amit Dravid, a specialist at Bona Hospital, which is managed by the private sector, said that once the nature of the disease is determined, local authorities have quickly worked to liberate the family in government hospitals and coverage costs.
But the first days of the outbreak of the disease in early January, when many patients reached Ers with extreme diarrhea and creeping paralysis, were full of confusion.
“From one case of GBS per month for each hospital, we were going to six a week” in each of the three hospitals in a bonn area.
“This was the first doubt that something was wrong.”
The authorities analyzed the physical fluids from patients and tracked the outbreak of the nurse called Campylobacter Jejuni, a common cause of the disease transmitted by food and is the main type of bacteria that causes GBS all over the world.
But the disorder is rare because only a specific strain of Campylobacter Gejuni, which has an outer layer that mimics the structure of neurons, actually leads to autoimmune disease. The outer layer around this specific strain is a pathogen that deceives the body’s immune system in killing its nerve cells alongside bacteria, causing paralysis in the patient.
Challenges in treatment
The World Health Organization has sent a team to Pune to help local health workers track and monitor cases in the affected area to ensure “identifying, diagnosing and treating each suspected case.” He said in a statement.
It is difficult to diagnose GBS, especially for doctors in remote parts of India, as it requires specialized test groups.
Darvid told CBC News from his own clinic, adding that he was grateful to patients in hospitals that there were qualified neurologists available to his own brand that helped determine the cause of paralysis.
After extensive tests on more than 6000 samples of water, officials follow the potential source of the nurse, making many patients with severe diarrhea, to contaminated wells and multiple other water sources.
They believe that bacterial pollution entered into water supply in the area where fascism is concentrated, but you do not know how it happened.
“We need to wake up.”
Bonn’s health officials, along with Maharashtra state authorities, have repeatedly told the residents not to panic, adding that pollution control measures are present, although these measures are unclear.
There were initial concerns at first the effects of the nurse were found in raw chicken, but the officials said that multiple samples were negative. Experts believe that if the poultry is carrying the nurse, it may be after washing it with water that contains bacteria.
“This is a failure of public health,” Dravid said. “We need to wake up.”
The city of Bonnie, India, has reported dozens of cases of Gilan Barry or GBS syndrome, a rare disorder as the body’s immune system attacks its nerves, causing paralysis. The authorities say that the outbreak of the disease is linked to a pathogen in contaminated water.
The extent of the outbreak of fascism refers to a greater problem across India developing quickly, but it is especially sharp in Bonn, one of the fastest growing cities of the country with many regions to the region for work opportunities in the information technology sector: water purification facilities and the doctor said that other public health measures did not Keep the preparation of urbanization.
“There is now an increased sensation that public health should give more importance,” Dravid said.
Viral disease, which is also transmitted by mosquitoes, is a major concern for public health, as it can cause long health problems and the annual death rate rises. It was last year Worse on the record For dengue fever all over the world.
As for the GBS, the recovery rate is very high – usually about 95 percent, although the recovery degrees vary. But the complications are that there is no costly treatment and treatment.
After the initial immune attack, muscle weakness and crawling paralysis, GBS patients generally require time and a major natural treatment for nerve damage.
A large number of Drafid patients still suffer from weakness or symptoms such as tingling and numbness, while others use moving chairs to avoid falling.
“This is the true cost of this war, which we fought last month.”
Long -term effects
Nike and her family feel the costs associated with her disease – still suffer from a dual vision and are unable to teach.
She temporarily lost her income as she tries to recover; Her mother moved to her home to help daily tasks while she was on satisfactory leave.
“[Our] “Financial affairs were in a crisis because the treatment was very expensive,” Nike said, with her medical insurance not covering the full cost and hospital employees demanding the remaining payment before giving her medicine. The state government began covering the cost of treatment for patients in government hospitals, not private hospitals, in late January.
She said she is trying to keep a 16 -year -old daughter.
But mostly, there is concern about her vision and the state of water that she and her family can reach.
“I am very afraid to drink water or eat any fruits or vegetables. I don’t know, is it safe?”