International Journal of Contemporary Surgery
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

Study of Guillain Barre Syndrome in Children

  • Author:
  • Prashanth Basutkar1, Shashidhar Veerappa1, N Shilpa2, Sreekantha 3,, Remya 4, Vinodchandran 5, S S Avinash6
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 30 to 34

1Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, NMCH&RC, Raichur

2Tutor, Department of Physiology, ESIMC, Gulbarga

3Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, NMC, Raichur

4Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Kshema, Nitte University, Mangalore

5Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, KMC, Manipal University, Mangalore

6Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, FMMC, Mangalore

*Corresponding author: Sreekantha, Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Navodaya Medical College, Raichur-584103, Karnataka. E-mail: grsreekantha@yahoo.com, Mobile: 09481389119

Online published on 27 March, 2014.

Abstract

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is also called Landry's paralysis or Guillain-Barre-Strol Syndrome, it is an acute polyneuropathy affecting mainly the peripheral nervous system. The most common presentation is ascending paralysis, weakness starting from the feet and hands and slowly start migrating to trunk and unusual sensation or pain in the lower limbs with dysfunction of autonomic nervous system. This disease is usually initiated by infection and may lead to life threatening complications. Here we have studied in detail about the cause, presentation, management and complications of 30 cases of clinically proved GBS.

Keywords

GBS, Etiology, Symptoms, Management And Complications