Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA dad has been left paralysed from the neck down after tucking into a cheese sandwich while away on holiday. The 71-year-old was struck down by food poisoning which intensified after he got home to Scotland. There he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease that he believes was triggered by some cheese bought from a supermarket. There the retired engineer was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome before being rushed to the Royal Infirmary. "Nobody would think that having food poisoning can cause it to happen."

Source: Daily Mirror July 07, 2021 15:00 UTC