Oliver Davis' mom said 'he was a real trooper and endured so much' after he was diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome.
About 1 in 100,000 people are affected by GBS, with an estimated 3,000-6,000 people developing the condition each year in the United States. Though anyone of any age can develop GBS, according to the CDC, in the U.S. it is most common in men over 50.
The CDC says that several things are known to trigger GBS, two-thirds of people who suffer from the condition have had diarrhea caused by a bacteria calledseveral weeks before developing symptoms. Infection with this bacteria seems to be one of the most common risk factors of GBS.infections lead to GBS and the bacteria is responsible for around 40 percent of GBS cases in the U.S.
Other infections like flu, Epstein-Barr virus and Zika virus can also result in a person developing GBS. The CDC also points out that in rare instances GBS can develop after a person receivesWhile GBS isn't contagious, clusters of the condition can be caused by outbreaks of the germs and bacteria associated with it.
An example of this occurred in June 2011 in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, and Yuma County, Arizona, when 26 people developed GBS. Of these, 21 reported diarrhea prior to the onset of the condition. Additionally, 18 of these 26 people tested positive for
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