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Hi. What is GBS? IS IT TEMPORARY. My cousin is struggling with it. She has paralysis of lower legs. Admitted in hospital.
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GBS is a demyelinating neuropathy. There is cross reaction of some organism and nerve protein that produces antibody against myelin. It is progressive disease causing complete paralysis which progress for 4 weeks then started improving. But sometimes it requires to improve over years together. IVIG or PLEX is the treatment.
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