A whistleblower spoke to The Guardian about a neurological condition in New Brunswick, Canada.
They said the illness spreads quickly and that cases could be higher than thought.
Symptoms include fatigue, hallucinations, muscle weakness, and weight loss.
An anonymous Canadian whistleblower from Vitalité Health Network, one of New Brunswick's two health authorities, has said that more people are developing symptoms of a mysterious degenerative neurological condition, according to The Guardian.
The condition, concentrated in New Brunswick, on Canada's Atlantic coast, has been analyzed by researchers for over two years, but there is still no understanding as to what causes it.
Symptoms of the illness include memory problems, muscle spasms, extreme and unexplained weight loss, limb pain, and hallucinations.
The disease was originally hypothesized to be a human prion disease — in which proteins called prions caused normal proteins to fold abnormally — but tests have shown this is not the case.
So far, the New Brunswick Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health has publicly said that 48 people have had the disease, but sources told The Guardian the number of cases is thought to be much higher. Nine people have died from the disease, the office said.
Speaking to The Guardian about the severity of the disease, the whistleblower said they were going public to raise awareness at how quickly the baffling disease spreads and affects patients: "I'm truly concerned about these...
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