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To: BenLurkin

Right now this issue in our area N of Gay Frisco is probably under diagnosed and will be under reported. It is not just pregnant women at danger. GBS* has happened with patients with the Zika virus.

In spite of one documented Zika case and sudden GBS* attacks on both a compromised and a uncompromised patients making them unable to swallow for several weeks. Neither of these patients had recent flu shots as a possible cause of their GBS.

A major out patient lab in this area, as of last week, is still not testing for the Zika virus.

*GBS = Guillain–Barré syndrome - Wikipedia, the free …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillain-Barré_syndrome
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system.

GBS associated with Zika virus: https://www.bing.com/search?q=gbs%20and%20zika%20virus&pc=cosp&ptag=C1A0E8C88C5FC&form=CONBDF&conlogo=CT3210127


25 posted on 05/15/2016 12:27:47 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( At 1150, Donald Trump has 87 delegates to get to the needed 1,237 as of May 10, 2016, by Jeff Head)
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Interesting


29 posted on 05/15/2016 12:36:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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