Dear Editor:
Having listened to several media programs on the Zika virus from mosquitoes in Rio I am concerned that they only mention the microcephaly problem where pregnant women can produce defective babies. Nothing is ever mentioned about the other problem that can result from the virus, which is the Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
In this, the immune system will attack the peripheral nervous system causing loss of muscle control and strength and inability to breathe. It can cause permanent muscular damage — not good for any person, especially athletes. One in 20 can die. One sufferer I met woke up in hospital two weeks after being affected. I was paralysed for a month. It is not nice — read about zika-gbs on the Internet.
Patrick Hill
West Vancouver
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