Symptoms
The most common symptom felt by GBS patients
What is muscle weakness?
The most common risk factor for GBS
What is infection with Campylobacter jejuni?
This GBS treatment is a procedure that removes and replaces the liquid part of the blood
What is plasma exchange?
The immune system mistakenly attacks this in GBS patients
What is healthy nerves?
The most severe symptom a person with GBS can experience
What is full paralysis?
Two-thirds of people with GBS had this several weeks before developing symptoms
What is diarrhea or a respiratory illness?
What is high-dose immunoglobulin therapy?
GBS has this effect on the speed of signal propagation
What is slowing?
The name of the unexplained, spontaneous sensations felt by GBS patients
What is paresthesias?
The percentage of GBS cases in the United States that are thought to be triggered by Campylobacter infection
What is 40%?
This GBS treatment is easier to administer
What is high-dose immunoglobulin therapy?
The myelin sheath around this part of a nerve cell is attacked by GBS
What is the axon?
The first symptom people with GBS typically experience
What is weakness or tingling sensation in both legs?
This virus has been reported to cause GBS
What is the Zika virus?
This is removed from the plasma in plasma exchange
What is antibodies?
The two types of white blood cells that attack myelin
What is lymphocytes and macrophages?
The amount of time after symptoms first appear that weakness peaks
What is two weeks?
This age group is more likely to get GBS
What is elderly people?
This treatment can help restore movement function
What is physical rehabilitation?
The two components of the immune system that attack healthy nerves in GBS patients
What is antibodies and white blood cells?