Symptoms usually appear 3 to 16 days after a tick bite. The same ticks that carry Lyme Disease ... Symptoms are unsteady movement and gait (ataxia) and ascending paralysis starting in the lower ...

Biology professor Vett Lloyd says the traditional way of dealing with tick bites has been to "wait and see" if people show signs of getting ill, and then to start them on antibiotics for 10 to 21 ...

BMC officials said the woman, who resides in the Andheri (East) area of the city, was hospitalised with a history of fever and diarrhoea that was followed by ascending paralysis. The woman was ...

BMC officials said the woman, who resides in the Andheri (East) area of the city, was hospitalised with a history of fever and diarrhoea that was followed by ascending paralysis. The woman was ...

Reportedly, the woman, who resides in the Andheri (East) area of the city, was hospitalised with a history of fever and diarrhoea that was followed by ascending paralysis. The woman was initially ...

It is not contagious," said BMC executive health officer Dr Daksha Shah. City doctors said GBS cases are seen throughout the year in Mumbai, although cases are known to peak in the monsoon months ...

After a feeding, it can triple in size. Sometimes, it can pass on Lyme disease. Most wood tick bites are harmless. The spread of disease by wood ticks is not common. If the tick is still attached to ...

All about the Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) Syndrome GBS is a rare neurological disorder that often begins with weakness or tingling in the legs and can progress to muscle weakness or paralysis.

Mumbai recently reported its inaugural case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) when a 64-year-old woman was diagnosed with the rare nerve disorder, according to civic officials. GBS is a condition where ...

We know the condition as GBS today, but it was a French doctor, Jean Baptiste Octave Landry, who first described the condition of ascending paralysis in 1859. According to the US federal government’s ...

A woman, who resides in the Andheri East area, was hospitalised with a history of fever and diarrhoea that was followed by ascending paralysis. Four new suspected GBS cases were reported in the state ...