On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first death related linked to a vampire bat. According to the report, the victim’s mother said that her son was bitten by a vampire bat on his heel while he was sleeping. At the time, the bite was not reported or treated in Mexico, where the bite occurred. When the symptoms were not relieved, the victim was treated in a hospital for a spinal tap, where the doctors found he had an elevated white blood cell count. As a result, he was admitted into the hospital for supervision by doctors, who thought he might have Guillain-Barre syndrome. Guillain-Barre is an autoimmune disorder that can cause nerve damage, which would help explain the numbness in his hand
