Extractions: Medical Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Disease G -> Guillain-Barre Guillain-Barre Alternate Names: Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome; Acute idiopathic polyneuritis; Infectious polyneuritis; Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy Causes and Risks: Guillain-Barre syndrome is an acute type of nerve inflammation. The inflammation damages portions of the nerve cell, resulting in muscle weakness or paralysis . The damage usually includes loss of the myelin sheath of the nerve demyelination ) ,which slows conduction of impulses through the nerve. The damage may also include destruction of the axon part of the nerve cell (denervation), which blocks conduction through the nerve. The exact cause of this disorder is not known. It usually follows a minor infection, usually a respiratory (lung) infection or gastrointestinal (gut) infection. The signs of the infection usually have disappeared before the signs of Guillain-Barre begin. It may occur at any age but is most common in people of both sexes between the ages 30 and 50.
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Extractions: (advertisement) Synonyms, Key Words, and Related Terms: GBS, acute idiopathic polyneuritis Background: Classic Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute, ascending, and progressive neuropathy characterized by weakness, paresthesias, and hyporeflexia. In severe cases, muscle weakness may lead to respiratory failure. Severe labile autonomic dysfunction also may occur. Maximal weakness typically occurs 2 weeks after the initial onset of symptoms but may evolve early and abruptly. In the early 1900s, Guillain, Barré, and Strohl first described the syndrome in 2 patients who spontaneously recovered from a progressive ascending motor weakness with areflexia, paresthesias, sensory loss, and an elevated level of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein. Since the polio vaccine came into widespread use, GBS has become the most common remaining cause of acute neuromuscular paralysis. Pathophysiology: Most patients with GBS exhibit absent or profoundly delayed conduction in action nerve fibers. This aberrant conduction results from demyelination of nerve cell axons. Peripheral nerves and spinal roots are the major sites of demyelination, but cranial nerves also may be involved. GBS is believed to result from an autoimmune response triggered by an antecedent illness or by any of a long list of medical conditions. The autoimmune response seems to have both humoral and cell-mediated components. In most patients with GBS, symptoms result from injury to the myelin sheath. In a subset of patients with GBS, axonal damage results from a direct cellular immune attack on the axon itself.
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CANADIAN GuillainBarre Syndrome, also known as Landry's Ascending Paralysis, Acute IdiopathicPolyradiculneuritis and acute idiopathic polyneuritis, is an inflammatory http://www.canadianneuropathyassociation.org/Newsletter01Vol01.htm
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Extractions: document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); Activities Computers Family Tree Health ... Prevention Alternative Names: Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome; Acute idiopathic polyneuritis; Infectious polyneuritis; Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy Symptoms: The disorder progresses rapidly (from days to a few weeks), causing w eakness or paralysis in a symmetrical manner. As weakness starts in the legs and then spreads to the arms, it is referred to as ascending paralysis. At the same time, patients may notice tingling, foot or hand pain, and clumsiness. As paralysis worsens, the patient may require assisted ventilation in order to breathe. The phases of the illness include an initial phase of rapid worsening that may take only a few hours to reach the most severe symptoms. This phase can last up to 3 weeks. This is followed by a plateau phase of no changes, then a recovery phase where symptoms improve over days to 6 months or longer. Typical symptoms include the following: Muscle weakness or paralysis (the most common symptom) or uncoordinated movements Weakness begins in the feet and legs and may progress upward to the arms and cranial (head) nerves May progress rapidly over 24 to 72 hours May begin in the arms and progress downward May occur in the arms and legs at the same time
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VII: Disorders Of Myelin And Peripheral Nerve acute idiopathic polyneuritis (LANDRYGUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME). Approximatelyhalf of the cases are associated with an antecedent viral infection. http://www.borg.labmed.umn.edu/PathClass/5102/neuro/clark7.html
Extractions: Back Home VII. DISORDERS OF MYELIN AND PERIPHERAL NERVE A. MYELIN, GENERAL PRINCIPLES PNS MYELIN CNS MYELIN Schwann cell origin Oligodendroglial origin One internode per Schwann cell Multiple internodes per oligodendrocyte EM: prominent collar of Schwann cell EM: inconspicuous cytoplasmic collar cytoplasm with basal lamina with no basal lamina Nodes of Ranvier with complex interdigitated Nodes of Ranvier have no covering by Schwann cell processes and basal lamina cell processes or basal lamina PNS and CNS myelin differ somewhat in their composition of proteins and lipids B. DISEASES OF MYELIN Two groups of disorders affect myelin selectively and leave neurons (axons) wholly or relatively intact:. Aquired disorders of myelin are called demyelinating diseases and genetic (metabolic) disorders of myelin are called dysmyelinating diseases or leukodystrophies . Disorders of CNS myelin primarily affect white matter but may also affect gray matter regions containing numerous myelinated axons. C DEMYELINATING DISEASES MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS a) General - The prototype of demyelinating diseases - Worldwide distribution - highest prevalence in temperate zones - Higher prevalence in Northern than Southern states - high in Minnesota - Common in young people (20-40 years), mean age of onset ~ 30.
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Extractions: Guillain-Barre (Ghee-yan Bah-ray) Syndrome, named in honour of the French neurologists who described the condition in two soldiers in 1916, is also called acute idiopathic polyneuritis. It is believed to be an autoimmune disease, in which macrophages and T-cells attack the myelin sheath covering of nerve cells and nerve axons (the extension of the nerve cell that conducts impulses away from the nerve cell body) in peripheral and cranial nerves, resulting in a block or delay in nerve signal transmission. Complications in the central nervous system are very rare. It usually affects the motor nervous system which makes the muscles work, leading to loss of sensation or muscle weakness in the corresponding muscles that are innervated by the affected nerves. In more serious cases the absent of reflexes, complete paralysis and breathing difficulty due to the weakening of respiratory muscles may also occur.
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