I don t mean to bother you but I have a question.... my husband was diagnosed with Gbs when he was 14. He hadn t had any vaccinations or shots at the time but he did get bit by a rat on the foot he said 3 to four weeks later he had tingling in his feet and hands it worked it s way up his whole body then he lost consciousness. He was immediately shipped in an ambulance to the next county to receive care in icu.it took him 6 months in the hospital and 2 years of physical and speech therapy to get better. What do I think happens? Was it the rat?
Hi, Campylobacter jejune (C. Jejuni) is a bacterium known to be a definite starting point when it comes to infectious diseases that are known to trigger an autoimmune process in some individuals resulting in what we call GBS. C. jejune has been isolated from rat feces and therefore, it is very possible that the GBS your husband suffered as a teenager came from that rat-bite which would have deposited a sufficient load of C. Jejune to trip off his immune system and initiate the rest of the story that you know. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.