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Gastro outbreak: Second case of Guillain-Barr? syndrome
8:12 pm on 20 September 2016
A 60-year-old man has become the second confirmed case of Guillain-Barr? syndrome - a rare illness that can be caused by campylobacter infection - from Havelock North's water contamination.
A source close to the Blenheim man has confirmed to RNZ he fell ill after drinking water contaminated with the bacteria during a trip to the Hawke's Bay town in August.
Last weekend, he experienced a tingling sensation in his hands and muscle weakness in his legs, before collapsing twice and being airlifted to hospital.
He has been placed into an induced coma and is being supported by a ventilator.
It is the second case of Guillain-Barr? syndrome stemming from the gastroenteritis outbreak, after a 41-year-old woman, April Singh, was diagnosed with the neurological disorder early last week.
More than 5000 people became ill after Havelock North's water supply became contaminated, which is more than a third of the town's 14,000 population...
Gastro outbreak: Second case of Guillain-Barr? syndrome
8:12 pm on 20 September 2016
A 60-year-old man has become the second confirmed case of Guillain-Barr? syndrome - a rare illness that can be caused by campylobacter infection - from Havelock North's water contamination.
A source close to the Blenheim man has confirmed to RNZ he fell ill after drinking water contaminated with the bacteria during a trip to the Hawke's Bay town in August.
Last weekend, he experienced a tingling sensation in his hands and muscle weakness in his legs, before collapsing twice and being airlifted to hospital.
He has been placed into an induced coma and is being supported by a ventilator.
It is the second case of Guillain-Barr? syndrome stemming from the gastroenteritis outbreak, after a 41-year-old woman, April Singh, was diagnosed with the neurological disorder early last week.
More than 5000 people became ill after Havelock North's water supply became contaminated, which is more than a third of the town's 14,000 population...