Guillain-Barre syndrome

GBS is a rare, self-limiting, autoimmune neurological disorder that presents as rapidly progressive symmetric limb weakness. Usually, GBS occurs a few days or weeks after the patient has had symptoms of a respiratory or gastrointestinal viral infection, but according to Tom Richard (1998), MD, no one knows exactly what triggers GBS (Richard, 1998). Patients require supportive therapy that is appropriate to the extent of their symptoms. There is no known cure for GBS. Immunotherapy Weekly (2003) reports that Current treatment strategies are aimed at mitigating the harmful effects of the immune system on peripheral nerve (Guillain-Barre syndrome has most treatments based on symptom attenuation, 2003). Approximately one-third of patients with GBS require intensive care and ventilator support. Approximately 75 percent of cases reach maximal dysfunction within two weeks, and 94 percent reach it within four weeks.

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