The girl patted a stray cat and was paralyzed
The British resident of Southport, County of Merseyside, was paralyzed due to an infection, which gave her a stray cat. The cause was the Guillain-Barre syndrome — a disease in which the immune reaction to intestinal or lung infection causes damage to the nervous system. About it writes edition the Daily Mail.
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While on holiday in Portugal, the 24-year-old Gemma birch (Gemma Birch) sheltered by a cat named Catarina. “We let her in the room, because she’s everywhere for us went, — she says. — I have stroked and fed milk”.
The last day of the vacation the girl started vomiting, then she briefly lost consciousness in the plane. In the hospital she found Campylobacter found in raw chicken. The doctors suggested that birch was poisoned fried food, but this version was abandoned because she eats only vegetarian food and fish.
After that, it became clear that the most likely source of infection was a cat that could catch her in the garbage.News
Burch was in the hospital for a week and was discharged when she felt better. A few days later she woke up in the night, because I fell out of bed. “When I sat down, I realized that I couldn’t feel the carpet under his feet, — the girl tells. I began to scratch, but felt nothing”. The cause was the Guillain-Barre syndrome — a disease in which the immune reaction to intestinal or lung infection causes damage to the nervous system.
“The next day I was paralyzed below the hips, — says the girl. — I could not do myself. The nurses had me wash and sit in the toilet. I had no control over bowel and bladder, could not use arms and legs because they were weak.” Eventually the doctors were able to stop the progression of the disease and put her on her feet. After 14 months birch could walk again.
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The disease did not prevent the girl to continue to higher education. She decided not to take a sabbatical and worked in the hospital and rehab. Burch read books, studied presentations of lectures, corresponded with faculty via email and was able to get a diploma simultaneously with her twin sister.
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