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The Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday, according to El País, that 19 cases have been registered so far and the hospitals need to strengthen their surveillance and biosafety to detect new patients with this disease.
“Every year you can expect 10 cases, there are double” now, the medical specialist Elmer Huerta illustrated to RPP radio from Washington, according to information from El País.
To prevent more cases, EsSalud issued the following recommendations:
According to the Ministry of Health, the cases of Guillain Barré syndrome occur worldwide at 1 per 100,000 inhabitants per year. This consists of a rare disorder that causes the immune system to attack the peripheral nervous system (which connects the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body). The injury of these nerves makes the transmission of signals difficult, and as a result, muscles have problems responding to brain signals.
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