Thursday, April 26, 2007

What is Guillain-Barre Syndrome?

Guillain-Barre (Ghee-yah Bah-ray) Syndrome is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder that affects the nervous system, particularly damages the myelin sheaths that surrounds the peripheral nerves of the body. For more information go to this NIH site

1 comment:

RaY said...

hi my name is raysa, Im 20 years old and I got Guillain Barre Syndrome,.
I thought that I was ok now bcause i got the dessease last year, and I took the pills that the doctor told me and all was fine...but a couple weeks ago I get sick again...my hands and feets are sleep and im kind of scared bcause i was readding and it says that is not common to have the syndrome 2 times....
Im taking meticorten, but Im not sure about that treatment bcause that are steroides and I was readding that they are not good for the dissease.,.
plis help me if you know something .....raysa
bye