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Indore Water Contamination: What Is Guillain-Barré Syndrome After a Woman Shows Symptoms?

An elderly woman from Indore’s Bhagirathpura, where a diarrhoea outbreak triggered by contaminated drinking water caused the deaths of many people, has reportedly shown symptoms of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and is fighting for her life in a hospital. According to news reports, while the administration has rejected reports of any GBS case in the affected area, doctors say the tests conducted on the 67-year-old have indicated GBS-like symptoms. “However, when she was thoroughly examined at our hospital, it was found that she is also suffering from a brain stroke.

Indore Water Contamination: What Is Guillain-Barré Syndrome After a Woman Shows Symptoms?

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Key Highlights

  • Treatment is being administered based on all symptoms,” an unnamed official at the hospital told the Economic Times.
  • Identified as Parvati Bai Kondla, the woman on a ventilator is undergoing dialysis due to kidney failure, and her nervous system is also failing.
  • Reports say the administration has rejected media reports and claimed no GBS case has been found in Bhagirathpura.
  • “We have not received information about any GBS patient from any local hospital or doctor,” said Dr Madhav Prasad Hasani, Chief Medical and Health Officer.
  • However, Parvati's treating physician, Dr Rahul Karode, was quoted by NDTV, “She was admitted with acute gastroenteritis and kidney injury.
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  1. Indore Water Contamination: What Is Guillain-Barré Syndrome After a Woman Shows Symptoms?

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