MEDICAL REHABILITATION IN PATIENT WITH GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system that presents with axonal or demyelinating neuropathy, with ascendent centrifugal progression. It is characterized by an acute onset, rapid progression, symmetric muscle weakness, unstable ambulation, and hypo- or areflexia. The weakness is usually predominantly distal, at least at the time of onset, and many patients feel neuropathic pain. GBS usually presents as ascending paralysis, with weakness in the legs spreading to the upper limbs and the face, and the complete loss of deep tendon reflexes.