A patient presents to the emergency department with new-onset paralysis in the peripheral limbs. The patient...
A patient presents to the emergency department with new-onset
paralysis in the peripheral limbs.
The patient reports they recovered from a viral illness the
previous week.
Which of the following is a physician likely to state is the
diagnosis? Why?
1. Guillain-Barre
2. Muscular dystrophy
3. Myasthenia gravis
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patient presents to the emergency department with new-onset paralysis in the peripheral limbs. The patient reports they recovered from a viral illness the previous week.
The physician is likely to state the diagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome because the patient had a history of viral illness. Guillain-Barre syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which the own body cell starts destroying the healthy nerve cell which causes the paralysis.infection. The symptoms range from slight weakness to severe paralysis of whole body and respiratory muscles.
It is more commonly occurs after a viral infection of the respiratory tract or gastrointestinal tract.
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