A runner has detailed the horrifying ordeal that left her struck down with sudden paralysis days after completing in a race. Marie Sander, 30 (left and right), from Lindenhurst, New York, was feeling tired but attributed it to her busy schedule. When you have Guillain-Barré syndrome, the immune system produces harmful antibodies that attack the nerves. After the first symptoms of Guillain-Barré syndrome, sufferers' conditions usually worsen for about two weeks before plateauing around the four-week mark. Most who have Guillain-Barré syndrome make full recoveries, but some are left with tingling sensations in the arms and legs.

Source: Daily Mail May 22, 2018 19:30 UTC