Guillain-Barre Syndrome Autoimmune disorder are devastating to individuals because one’s own body is doing the damage to the system. An auto immune disorder is low activity or over activity of the immune system. In the case of over activity the body attacks and damages its own tissues, which is known as an autoimmune disease (WebMD, 2015). Autoimmune diseases affect up to 50 million individuals in the United State, and of that 75% of them are women (Roddick, 2015). Autoimmune disease occur when your body defends itself against invading pathogen, and then decided that self-tissue is foreign. This results in the body attacking one’s own healthy unaffected tissues. However, there is also autoimmune syndromes that are similar to autoimmune disease with slight differences. A syndrome produces a number of symptoms without any identifiable cause. In 1916, 3 French physicians (Guillian, Barre, and Stohle) identified a syndrome that affected 2 soldiers, which was later named the Guillian-Barre syndrome where there was weekend muscles, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) albuminocytologic dissociation, and diminished deep tendon reflexes. Gillian-Barres Syndrome (GBS) the body attacks the peripheral nervous system (National Institue of Neurological Disorders and Stoke, 2013). More specifically GBS attacks the myelin sheath of the neurons, which cause the signal to travel slower than normal. In some case this can lead to prolonged damage to the neurons if not treated fast enough. In 1976, when the Swine Flu vaccines were given there was an increased prevalence of GBS that account for 1 additional case per 100,000 people (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 2014).
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GBS is a rare syndrome that infects individuals that have been previously infected with a bacteria or virus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 2014) In the United State, there is an average of 3000 – 6000 cases of GBS every year. People that have developed the GBS symptoms do so several weeks after diarrhea or respiratory illnesses, and there has been a link with infections of bacterium Campylobacter jejuni and Cytomegalovirus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 2014). GBS infects individuals in a non-discriminatory fashion, but it is more common among individuals that are between the ages of 20-50 years old. Symptoms and Signs The symptoms of GBS are acute inflammatory polyneuropathy autoimmune etiology. There is a progressive flaccid paralysis with areflexia in a wide range of motor, sensory, and autonomic system can be seen. Within a few day individuals lose the function of lower extremities that is preceded with extremity numbness. If the patient is not seen quickly then it could lead to life threatening problem with breathing, talking, or even swallowing (Gonzalez-Saurez, Sanz-Gallego, Rodriguez de Rivera, & Arpa, 2013). The worst case of GBS was tetraplegia within 24 hours of the first symptoms with incomplete recovery within 18 months. In contrast, the best …show more content…
One possible cause of GBS is thought to have been changes in the immune system from previous exposure to a virus or bacteria that resembles the proteins and peptides of the myelin sheath cells, which is causing the immune system to attempt to eradicate what is thought to be an infection. However, this is self-tissue within the nervous system. The treatment now are attempting to alleviate the attacks that the system are mounted toward self-tissue, but this is not a cure. The future research is attempting to find a cure, but currently they are working on improving results within the current
GBS is a rare syndrome that infects individuals that have been previously infected with a bacteria or virus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 2014) In the United State, there is an average of 3000 – 6000 cases of GBS every year. People that have developed the GBS symptoms do so several weeks after diarrhea or respiratory illnesses, and there has been a link with infections of bacterium Campylobacter jejuni and Cytomegalovirus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 2014). GBS infects individuals in a non-discriminatory fashion, but it is more common among individuals that are between the ages of 20-50 years old. Symptoms and Signs The symptoms of GBS are acute inflammatory polyneuropathy autoimmune etiology. There is a progressive flaccid paralysis with areflexia in a wide range of motor, sensory, and autonomic system can be seen. Within a few day individuals lose the function of lower extremities that is preceded with extremity numbness. If the patient is not seen quickly then it could lead to life threatening problem with breathing, talking, or even swallowing (Gonzalez-Saurez, Sanz-Gallego, Rodriguez de Rivera, & Arpa, 2013). The worst case of GBS was tetraplegia within 24 hours of the first symptoms with incomplete recovery within 18 months. In contrast, the best …show more content…
One possible cause of GBS is thought to have been changes in the immune system from previous exposure to a virus or bacteria that resembles the proteins and peptides of the myelin sheath cells, which is causing the immune system to attempt to eradicate what is thought to be an infection. However, this is self-tissue within the nervous system. The treatment now are attempting to alleviate the attacks that the system are mounted toward self-tissue, but this is not a cure. The future research is attempting to find a cure, but currently they are working on improving results within the current