Rehabilitation treatment performed after the patient's Guillain-Barré syndrome

Authors

  • Jacqueline del Carmen Martinez Torres
  • Janet Seoane Piedra
  • Yakirel Li Pérez
  • Thais Hernández Velazco
  • Indira Aguirre Acosta
  • Leyanis Caridad Morales Juara
  • Yakirel Li Pérez

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute autoimmune polyradiculoneuropathy that affects peripheral nerves and nerve roots of the spinal cord. The incidence in the world is marked between 0,89-1,89 cases per 100 000 inhabitants / year with a male predominance of 1,78: 1. It has different forms of presentation, typical and atypical. It is clinically characterized by the presence of flaccid paralysis with dysflexia, variable sensory disorder and elevation of proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid. The diagnosis is clinical. It goes through 3 phases of evolution: progression, stabilization and regression. The estimated mortality is 4-8 %. More than 20 % of patients require assisted ventilation and 40 % of those who need hospitalization require rehabilitation; 80 % recover properly after treatment. The case is presented due to the atypical nature of its initial clinical picture with the taking of upper limbs and subsequently lower limbs, respiratory non-involvement and its favorable evolution with the rehabilitation treatment performed after the patient's clinical stabilization.

Published

2021-10-30

How to Cite

1.
Martinez Torres J del C, Seoane Piedra J, Li Pérez Y, Hernández Velazco T, Aguirre Acosta I, Morales Juara LC, et al. Rehabilitation treatment performed after the patient’s Guillain-Barré syndrome. Invest Medicoquir [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 30 [cited 2025 Apr. 5];14(1). Available from: https://revcimeq.sld.cu/index.php/imq/article/view/750

Issue

Section

Presentación de casos