Mexico City- Vicente Fernández was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, which causes inflammation of the peripheral nerves and limits movement. It has no cure, but can be alleviated with neurotherapy, according to specialists.
“El Charro d’Huentitán,” already retired from the stage since 2016, underwent emergency cervical surgery on Friday, Aug. 6, for a fall at his home. Hospitalized since then, the idol was diagnosed with the syndrome.
Sources close to the Fernández family, and the singer’s eldest son, “Chentillo”, confirmed this to GENT.
It is a disease that causes the peripheral nerves to become inflamed, responsible for transmitting sensory information such as pain, texture and temperature, keys to carry signals to the brain and the rest of the body.
The syndrome is usually present weakly in the legs and its progression is continuous towards the rest of the body.
Although the team of specialists who treat the performer of “For Your Cursed Love” has not mentioned the name of the suffering, the face-to-face medical reports they have shared so far match the symptoms and consequences of the disease. .
“The diagnosis is of a polyradiculoneuropathy, a rare variant with an axonal motor predominance that has generated this inability to the movement of Don Vicente Fernández.
“This generates a virtually complete blockade of the nerve stimulus by the disease itself, and has an atypical presentation of a rare variant of this group of neurological nerve diseases,” shared neurosurgeon Francisco Javier López González on Friday.
According to Beatriz Pérez Hernández, a specialist in neurological rehabilitation medicine, Guillain-Barré syndrome can attack people of any age, from children.
“The main symptoms start with a weakness, it may be from all four limbs or more focused on the upper or lower, but always following an upward pattern. There is a (bad) demyelination of the motor and sensory fibers with greater motor involvement. .
“It can be caused by a previous infection by immune compromise. It can give them from children to adults.”
Chente, still in intensive care, is receiving rehabilitation from both his limbs and breathing, as well as medication.
And although its evolution has been slow, it has been favorable, as it was extubated last Sunday and has shown improvements in its mobility.
“He continues with lung and physical rehabilitation daily. His blood pressure, his heart rate remain stable and so far there is no danger of infection,” added Ever Rodríguez Arias, general manager of the Country 2000 hospital, where is served in Guadalajara.