Guillain-Barre Syndrome

💊Treatment Options

• 1Treatment requires hospitalisation for close monitoring
• 2particularly of breathing function
• 3given the risk of rapid progression to respiratory muscle weakness requiring ventilator support. Specific treatments including intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange are used to reduce the severity and shorten the duration of the immune attack on the nerves
• 4with treatment most effective when started early in the course of the illness. Supportive care
• 5including pain management and early rehabilitation with physical therapy
• 6plays an important role in recovery once the acute phase has stabilised.