Several cases have been discovered in the New Brunswick region. Health authorities are on alert.
Nothing and nobody. With the Covid-19 and his variant Omicron, it is a real tidal wave that is sweeping the whole world. No country or region of the world seems to be spared. Nothing and nobody.
And while the contaminations new every day beat records, here is another sickness comes to worry the health authorities of the Canada. “A disturbing neurological disease”, according to our colleagues from Sciences et Avenir. “Serious business”, according to 7sur7.be.
A disease that affects young adults, aged between twenty and thirty years. An evil all the more worrying as it strikes a category of the population without a medical history and usually in perfect health.
Cognitive decline
A matter all the more serious because it is an anonymous source of the Vitalité health network, responsible for hospitals and health services in the region, who would have alerted our English colleagues to The Guardian. In an article dated January 2, this source claims that the cases are constantly increasing and that the symptoms change rapidly: weight loss, insomnia, fatigue and intense hallucinations, such as “the sensation that insects swarm under their skin”. Between 18 and 36 months later, a significant cognitive decline is observed, which can lead to the death of the patients.
43 cases of this disease had already been identified in March 2021.
The first neurologist to have alerted the health authorities, Dr Alier Marrero, believes for his part that “the new syndrome might have a link with the outbreaks of cyanobacteria” or blue algae which “might affect the food chain, for example crustaceans”, according to Radio Canada. Findings that divide the health actors in the region because they might considerably affect local fishing – and in particular the lobster industry – “vital element of the economic and social fabric of the Canadian province”, according to 7sur7.be.
A mysterious disease detected in Canada: “The sensation of insects swarming on the skin”: Detected in Canada, in the province of New Brunswick, this mysterious neurological disease particularly affects young healthy adults. A… https://t.co/c2aGMIFWXz pic.twitter.com/tpcBbl0vHQ
— 7sur7 (@7sur7) January 7, 2022
