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Reports of a rare nervous system disorder were “more common than expected” in older U.S. adults who got the new RSV vaccines, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report ...
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]
In mild cases, Guillain-Barre syndrome only causes muscle weakness. In more severe ones, it progresses to full paralysis, and patients require ventilation to breathe. The amount of time the ...
Officials said they were investigating more than 20 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, an rare illness in which a person’s immune system damages nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and paralysis.
Some side effects of the MMR vaccine are [2] fever (1 in 6) mild rash (1 in 20) swelling of the glands in cheeks or neck (1 in 75) If these occur, it is usually within 7–12 days after the shot. They occur less often after the second dose Some more moderate side effects are seizure caused by fever (1 in 3,000)
There is certainly overlap between Guillain–Barré syndrome, Miller Fisher syndrome and Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis, as well as other conditions associated with anti-ganglioside antibodies such as chronic ophthalmoplegia with anti-GQ1b antibody and the pharyngo-cervico-brachial variant of GBS.
Serum sickness in humans is a reaction to proteins in antiserum derived from a non-human animal source, occurring 5–10 days after exposure. Symptoms often include a rash, joint pain, fever, and lymphadenopathy.
In mild cases, Guillain-Barre syndrome only causes muscle weakness. In more severe ones, it progresses to full paralysis, and patients require ventilation to breathe. The amount of time the ...