TWO CHILDREN under the age of ten have been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological disorder, marking the first reported cases in West Bengal. The children, aged 8 and 7, are under treatment at the Institute of Child Health (ICH) in Kolkata, with both requiring respiratory support, doctors said on Tuesday.

In India, more than 100 cases have been reported with hallmarks of this rare neurological disease that can cause paralysis.

One person is believed to have died in India's Maharashtra state in an outbreak of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - a neurological disease that causes numbness, weakness and pain - and the number of cases is rising,

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune disorder where the immune system attacks peripheral nerves, causing weakness, tingling, and sometim

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The number of suspected Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) cases in Pune has risen to 111, with one death reported, according to health officials. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has urged residents in affected areas to boil water used for drinking and cooking as a preventive measure.

A 40-year-old man from Solapur died from suspected Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) in Pune, Maharashtra. The rare immunological nerve disorder has seen

The ICMR chief said that GBS mostly is a post-infection syndrome which usually manifests itself two to six weeks after a person gets an infection.

“Usually, the immune system fights back the microbe but in some patients, it malfunctions and mistakenly attacks and damages the nervous system, particularly the peripheral nerves linked to limb movements,” says Dr Umesh Vaidya, head of Neonatology, Ankura Hospital.

First death in Maharashtra due to GBS; Pune reports 9 more cases, officials take preventive measures, water contamination suspected.

A 40-year-old man in Maharashtra's Solapur died due to the Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), state health minister Prakash Abitkar told ANI on Monday. It is the first death in the state due to the immunological nerve disorder.