Unknown Disease Leaves Several Students Paralysed

At least 95 pupils from Eregi Girls Secondary School in Kenya have been hospitalized after an outbreak of an unknown disease at the school.

The students were taken to Kakamega County General Hospital (KCGH), Iguhu Sub-County Hospital, and Shibwe Sub-County Hospital.

According to NTV Kenya, the students were admitted after developing a disease that rendered their limbs paralyzed.

According to management estimates, 29 students are now being treated at Iguhu Hospital, 39 at Kakamega Referral Hospital, 31 at Mukumu Mission Hospital, and 14 at Shibwe Hospital.

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According to an anonymous nurse, the condition that has caused the students to lose sensation in their legs is considered to be electrolyte imbalance.

She explained that the illness is characterized by fluid loss in the sufferers’ bodies, which she noticed in the majority of the kids.

“This condition is called electrolyte imbalance, a condition that leads to loss of fluids in the body,” the nurse said.

The new incidence occurred months after the Mukumu Girls High School in Kenya was closed on April 3, following claims of an outbreak of an unknown disease that hospitalized over 100 girls.

The students had developed symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhoea, and high fever, necessitating preventative steps to prevent the sickness from spreading further.

Following an investigation, the Ministry of Health announced that the students had consumed food contaminated with human faeces.

“From which preliminary laboratory investigations undertaken have revealed Enterotoxigenic E. coli and Salmonella typhi as the causes of the illness,” Acting Director General for Health Patrick Amoth said.