Dr. Antonis Lepouras was hosted on Protoselidos who spoke about botulism after and after the death of the 32-year-old Greek woman in France.
Botulism is a rare but very serious paralytic disease caused by a neurotoxin. The most common symptoms are dizziness, physical weakness, dry mouth and blurred vision," he said.
He added that in order to detect it, the doctor should suspect it and measure the toxin in the patient's blood or feces or gastric fluids. "As the symptoms progress, the paralysis starts from top to bottom. So there the doctor should understand that the patient has an inability to move his limbs. The treatment is an antidote which competes with the toxin. If they give it to the patient, the symptoms subside very soon, otherwise they progress to paralysis and intubation will be needed," said Dr. Lepouras.
Source: Sigmalive