Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
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Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset muscle weakness caused by the immune system damaging the peripheral nervous system. Many experience changes in sensation or develop pain, followed by muscle weakness beginning in the feet and hands. The symptoms develop over half a day to two weeks. During the acute phase, the disorder can be life-threatening with about a quarter developing weakness of the breathing muscles and requiring mechanical ventilation. Some are affected by changes in the function of the autonomic nervous system, which can lead to dangerous abnormalities in heart rate and blood pressure.Answers to the question on what is Guillain-Barré syndrome and what are the symptoms and causes, gave us Prof. Dr Ostoja Vucic University of Sydney in his conversation with Aleksandar Zivkovic .
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