Guillain barre syndrome is the most common and most severe acute paralytic neuropathy, with about 100 000 people developing the disorder every year worldwide. Infectious polyneuropathy informacion basica descripcion. A prospective casecontrol study detected evidence of recent c. It is an uncommon disease with crude incidence ranging from 0. It now includes pure motor or sensory syndromes, focal forms, demyelinating and axonal neurophysiological features that characterise excitability dysfunctions, and. Dengue is an arboviral infection that classically presents with fever, joint pain, headaches, skin flush and morbilliform rashes. Guillainbarres syndrome, is an inflammatory acute polyradiculoneuropathy of progressive character. Guillainbarre syndrome, influenzalike illnesses, and influenza vaccination during seasons with and without circulating ah1n1 viruses. Factors associated with longterm functional outcomes and psychological sequelae in guillain barre syndrome. Its spectrum has considerably been enlarged since its first description. Guillain barre syndrome gbs is an acute acquired immunemediated polyradiculoneuropathy.
The severity varies among the four main subtypes, named as acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy aidp, acute motor axonal neuropathy aman, acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy amsan, and millerfisher syndrome mf. Diagnosis and management of guillainbarre syndrome in ten. The severe, generalised manifestation of guillain barre syndrome with respiratory failure affects. Gramnegative bacterium campylobacter jejuni, a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis, is the most common antecedent microorganism in gbs. Risk of guillainbarre syndrome after 20102011 influenza. Bhaskerfactors associated with longterm functional outcomes and psychological sequelae in guillainbarre syndrome j neurol, 257 2010, pp. The degree ranges from minimal weakness in the legs to total paralysis of the. Under the umbrella term of guillain barre syndrome are several recognisable variants with distinct clinical and pathological features. The guillainbarre syndrome an introduction to the history, diagnostic criteria, prognosis and treatment the guillainbarre syndrome is easy to diagnose but impossible to define munsat and barnes 12 contents chapter 1 1.
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