nerve insolation tissue in the worst cases the antibodies confuse the sheath with the bacteria and destroy it the patient suffers neuralgic pain and paralysis. but. there are patients who go from feeling perfectly well to being completely paralyzed inside three to four days the answer is typically very rapid while the symptoms only recede over an extended period of time. fortunately extreme cases like that of every rock get eventually managed to make an almost complete recovery the first line of defense though is to avoid contracting the infection in the first place with scrupulous hygiene and don t wash chicken before cooking because that only spreads any bacteria around cooking the meat really at a high temperature is the only effective way of killing all the generals. that sounds a little bit like work in the kitchen is really life threatening this is why i leave this to my wife and her home so with that little dangerous the kitchen well