Lina Kudinavičiūtė¹, Karolina Meyer², Kamilė Žilinskienė³

¹Tarandes family clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania

²Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania

³Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania

Abstract:

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute immune-mediated polyneuropathy with an incidence of 0.6-2.4 per 100000 annually. GBS affects mostly lower extremities but can ascend to upper extremities and cause weakness of intercostal muscles, disturbing the ability to breathe and swallow. The tendon reflexes will be affected and the cranial nerves can be damaged. GBS extremely affects the autonomous nervous system and causes arrhythmia, blood pressure changes, tachycardia. Treatment varies for every individual, although the acute phase requires careful management of vital functions and instant treatment with plasmapheresis and high-doses of intravenous immunoglobulin. We present a case of a 40-year-old male patient, who was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. He suffered from the following symptoms: progressive muscle weakness, dysarthria, upper limbs numbness, and tingling.

Keywords: Guillain-barre syndrome, polyneuropathy, paralysis, rehabilitation.