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Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system. [3] Typically, both sides of the body are involved, and the initial symptoms are changes in sensation or pain often in the back along with muscle weakness, beginning in the feet and hands, often spreading to the arms and upper body. [3]
Paraneoplastic syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, diabetes, amyloidosis, Sjogren's syndrome, and Morvan syndrome. Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy is a type of immune-mediated autonomic failure that is associated with antibodies against the ganglionic nicotinic acetylcholine receptor present in sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric ganglia.
Specialty. Neurology. Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) is a variant of Guillain–Barré syndrome. It is characterized by acute paralysis and loss of reflexes without sensory loss. Pathologically, there is motor axonal degeneration with antibody-mediated attacks of motor nerves and nodes of Ranvier. [citation needed]
Treatment. Immunotherapy. [2] Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis is a rare inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, [3] first described by Edwin Bickerstaff in 1951. [4][5] It may also affect the peripheral nervous system, and has features in common with both Miller Fisher syndrome and Guillain–Barré syndrome.
Autonomic dysreflexia. Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a potentially fatal medical emergency classically characterized by uncontrolled hypertension and cardiac arrhythmia. [2][3][4] AD occurs most often in individuals with spinal cord injuries with lesions at or above the T6 spinal cord level, although it has been reported in patients with ...
A health update on Jenna Jameson. Her partner, Lior Bitton, has revealed that the former adult film star is still in the hospital, but her diagnosis is not Guillain-Barré Syndrome.“Jenna is ...
Antiganglioside antibodies. Antiganglioside antibodies that react to self- gangliosides are found in autoimmune neuropathies. These antibodies were first found to react with cerebellar cells. [1] These antibodies show highest association with certain forms of Guillain–Barré syndrome.
What is Guillain-Barre syndrome? Guillain-Barre is an autoimmune disease, meaning that it occurs when the immune system attacks healthy tissues, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...