Doctors told a 12-year-old boy he was ‘exaggerating’ his symptoms and discharged him from hospital – only for him to be paralysed by a rare disease moments later.
His shattered mother is now urging hospitals to do better and run tests for rare conditions when symptoms arise, instead of just brushing them off as too unlikely.
Melbourne boy Maysen, 12, has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) – a rapidly progressive disease caused by inflammation of the nerves that affects just one or two in every 100,000 people every year.
The condition causes muscle weakness which can lead to complete paralysis and, in some cases, death.
