Itspainlessbitemay seemharmless, butthe deadly neurotoxins begin working immediately resulting inmuscularweakness, numbness, followed by a cessation and breathing and ultimatelydeath.
On Friday, the Israeli group Physicians for Human Rights, which has been monitoring his condition, warned that he was "in immediate danger of death", adding that he had suffered "significant muscular atrophy".
Becker patients typically don't lose the ability to walk until their 20s and can live into their 50s or longer, although related heart problems can result in death earlier, according to Sharon Hesterlee, vice president of research at Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, a patient group.