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    Five cases of Guillain-Barr? in Ajaccio: a rare but controlled situation

    By Isabelle Luccioni - August 23, 2017 at 9:03 am

    Information, as often, was not stopped by the glass doors of the hospital of Mercy and spread in the imperial city. Within a few days, several people with Guillain-Barr? syndrome were admitted to the Ajaccio hospital. We can not talk about an epidemic since the disease is not contagious, but an unusual situation.

    This disease affects on average only one or two people per 10,000 per year. From a medical source, it is confirmed that "five patients were recently treated at the hospital center of Ajaccio". What can cause some concern in the population.

    No case of Zika

    Since 2016, many researchers have officially confirmed the link between the Guillain-Barr? syndrome and the Zika virus, transmitted in the tropics by the tiger mosquito. "No cases of Zika have been observed in Corsica.

    People suffering from Guillain-Barr? syndrome have undergone a series of analyzes that do not reveal this type of pathology at all, "the medical source said, adding that the regional health agency (ARS) Would immediately warn the population if any risk had been incurred.

    Various causes

    All confirm that this disease can have various causes. "It is a condition that affects the nervous system and can cause paralysis. It requires hospitalization and monitoring because, in severe cases, it can affect respiratory functions," says a doctor.

    "It is an autoimmune disease, that is, the body defends itself (a little like an allergy, ed.) It is true that it often occurs after An infection, "he said.

    For doctors, the multiplication of cases in the Ajaccian region has no real explanation. Each apparently due to different causes. An effect of the series law somehow.

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