A previously unknown degenerative disease affects dozens of people in Canada, who seem to pass it on to each other.
- The first symptoms of the disease were documented in 2018.
- The new disease has since been dubbed “New Brunswick Neurological Syndrome”.
Loss of weight and rapid memory, insomnia, hallucinations, difficulty thinking, muscle pain, sudden changes in behavior, coordination problems or reduced mobility… In the province of New Brunswick in Canada, many young people are struck by a mysterious evil.
A rapid evolution
“I am really concerned about these cases as they seem to be moving fast. We owe them an explanation,” said at the Guardian a local health authority source who wishes to remain anonymous.
Officially, 48 people have been affected by the disease since the beginning of spring 2021, but many medical voices rather evoke the number of 150. 9 Canadians would have died, even if the autopsies are uncertain on the causes of death. It would also seem that the pathology is transmitted, as indicated by the rapid deterioration in the state of health of a woman caring for her infected husband, or of a nurse’s aide working alongside a young woman affected.
A report in January
β-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), a neurotoxin often found in marine environments, is suspected to cause the disease, but is not certain. New Brunswick authorities are to release a report on the matter in January.
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