Guillain Barre Syndrome
I picked up that next chart and saw the chief complaint was rash after taking prednisone. Sounded straight forward. The patient was a 16 year old female who looked like she was feeling fine and with no visible rash when I walked in the room. Her mother told me that after taking the prednisone she broke out in hives and so they gave her Benadryl, and now the rash was gone. Great, I thought, I love it when patients treat themselves appropriately. Nothing left for me to do but give her my blessing to go home. She looked fine and had a negative physical exam while laying on the gurney. On my way out the door I asked the patient’s mother the reason she was taking Prednisone, was it because she has been have some type of recurrent rash? “No”, she answered, “It is because she can’t move.” That stopped me in my tracks. Can’t move? What does that mean? This question lead me down the rabbit hole. It turns out that the patient started having symptoms 2 weeks ago with extremity tingling and neck pain. She was seen in the ER and had neck x-rays which were negative and then followed up with her doctor and had an out patient MRI of her neck that was negative. She had her symptoms progress to weakness and cramping pain in her extremities. It did not seem to her that her symptoms were ascending but seemed to involve the proximal muscles of her hips and shoulders more then the distal muscles. The mother also told me that sometimes she would get facial symptoms with drooping eye lids or …
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u get this from the flu vaccine
You are so smart and such a good doctor. I have injured my pelvic wall and lower back and my legs turned purple as if I had no circulation. I was bed ridden for five months and slowly began to walk but still have sweating in my feet and my big toe turns in when I press the arch tendent. I have hyper reflexis and now vision problems and bladder spasms. It all stemmed from a pelvic accident and crush accident and no doctor can figure out what is wrong with me. sad.
When I was five I spent my birthday at Kosair hospital bedridden with Guillan Barre.
Not much fun, man. Not fun at all.
certain vaccines and viruses can cause this condition
u mean h1n1 vaccine?
what a hoax
Thank you! Great job of explaining the symptoms.
read the isert from h1n1, can cause Guillain Barre Syndrome, also says very bad for pregnant woman, so why are they targeting pregnant woman. also says bad for kids makes you ask questions why are they pushing this poison
Wonderful overview!!! Thank you!
My sister just took the h1n1 vacine, she is pregnant and due this December.
excellent case presentation and I do have to say you cannot go textbook with Guillian Barre -I had eveything this girl had and what threw my Neurologist was my intact knee reflexes !! arreflexia is not always classic.
The public hears a rare side effect, watches a youtube video, and feel it the place to have others avoid vaccines…it is statistically more probable of getting GBS (which is autoimmune) from the flu, common cold, GI viral infection, mono, hapatitis, or campylobacteriosis (eating undercooked poultry) than a vaccine - there is the same risk after surgery as after a vaccine and please don’t suggest we stop surgical procedures because of GBS. I’m a PA-C and thanks for the vid!
The public hears a rare side effect, watches a youtube video, and feel it the place to have others avoid vaccines…it is statistically more probable of getting GBS (which is autoimmune) from the flu, common cold, GI viral infection, mono, hapatitis, or campylobacteriosis (eating undercooked poultry) than a vaccine - there is the same risk after surgery as after a vaccine and please don’t suggest we stop surgical procedures because of GBS. I’m a PA-C and thanks for the vi
oh sorry for reading the insert Mr worshiper of big pharma, what do you think its good to put thimerosal (mercury) in vaccines Mr worshiper, especially the CDC who’s got everybody’s interest at heart. (factor
and allthe people got aids and i know it was a mistake because there retards!
big pharma? i deal with pharm reps everyday. im just telling the 99% probablity of your argument. and I wrote my masters capstone on the mmr vaccine and thimerosal…not that you care i can tell…but there is NO RELATION to thimerosal and autism, read the studies, countries (and the US) have abolished thimerosal and autism continues to rise BECAUSE PHYSICIANS NOW KNOW THE SYMPTOMS. its not that hard, and to you mention AIDS and retards shows how damn ignorant you are, or am i wrong again?
Clear & concise. Great work; Very neat presentation; Very useful; Keep posting videos; You must be very good in teaching
did she get a flu shot??!!!
i had that when i was 11,the disease went untill my neck,but i think im the best recovered in my country,i still dont know if im the most recovered in the planet,because i can run 100 meters in 14-15 secs,and i can do everything normally……
My mother had this earlier this year in november is when it was discovered. She was completely paralyzed and she was on a feeding tube and respirator. Everybody was saying she would get better, and i saw that she was. She was in the hospital for 5 weeks and 5 days, but she got an infection in her heart and her heart became very weak. She was off her respirator one day and she couldn’t breath so the nurses began bagging her, since her heart was so weak it gave up.She passed away New Years Eve2009
When I was five, I developed GBS. It’s terrifying exactly how fast it progresses. You watch your body shut down, as all your limbs start migrating towards the center of your body. Your arms pull towards your chest, and your legs pull back. I’m glad I was so young when it happened to me, though. Idk how I would’ve handled it as an adult.
thank you very helpful
i had this when i was 18 i still feel the pain still after 20 years in my joints and bones behind my eyes i dont believe you ever fully recover from it some days are better then others
i got GBS in bootcamp and spent 8 months there.
Hi Dr.Gary i have some quastions to you and will you answer me? can i contact you in facebook or through mail? answer me please.
@astrolux12 Too true!
im also i gbs survivor, i was hospitalized from october 2009 upto november 2009, my first therapy is done on second week of december 2009, then my first walk and beer drinking is on the eve of xmas. only therapy and sea swimming can manage to walk, today i play basketball. thanks god for the help and miracle, also to philippine general hospital doctor and nurses who take care of me