The Andhra authorities are nonetheless not clear if this mystery illness is water-borne or has some element of meals poisoning. (AP Photo)
As the nation battles with the coronavirus, Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru is waging a war against an unknown enemy. What started as a handful men and women complaining about nausea in some places of this town in West Godavari district, quickly blew up in a important wellness crisis amid raging Covid-19 pandemic. Since December 5, extra than 550 men and women have complained about several neurological symptoms such as fainting and seizure to date. A man also lost his life to this mystery illness. Now, a higher-profile group of AIIMS medical doctors have revealed that the blood samples of the patients showed a little quantity of heavy metals such as nickel and lead, an Indian Express report stated on Wednesday.
What is baffling the medical doctors is the nature of the unknown illness, which has not been identified so far. The IE report quoted some officials as saying that in most of the instances, only one particular member of each and every household had reported the symptoms. Moreover, the water samples from other localities of Eluru didn’t report any challenge. The authorities are nonetheless not clear if this mystery illness is water-borne or has some element of meals poisoning. What the officials have clearly stated that this ‘disease’ does not spread from one particular particular person to one more.
The only relief is that most of the men and women have been discharged from the hospitals soon after early 1st-help. Doctors and other wellness authorities from AIIMS Delhi, Pune’s National Virology Institute and Delhi-primarily based Centre for Disease Control have reached Eluru and probing the probable causes of the mystery illness. Presence of heavy metal may possibly have led to seizure and loss of conciseness.
Those who have recovered from the illness are nonetheless numbed by the shock. May have complained about abdominal discomfort and gastronomic troubles. Every patient suffered a single bout of this sudden illness. It didn’t lead to any other complication. The coronavirus pandemic is also adding to the woes of the wellness officials, who are currently saddled with Covid protocols.