Conditions & Diseases: Brain & Nervous System

Guillain Barré Syndrome

See Also:
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Introduction
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Types
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Causes & Risk Factors
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Signs & Symptoms
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Medical Tests & Diagnosis Methods
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Treatment

Treatment Options

There is no cure to Guillain-Barre Syndrome but the treatments help reduce severity. Only two treatments, namely plasma exchange therapy (plasmapheresis) and intravenous serum globulin (IVIG), have proved to be effective (3).

Plasmapheresis:
Plasma is a clear, watery fluid part of the blood. Treatment involves removing plasma from actual blood cells and returning the plasma into the body after removing harmful parts so that blood cells can produce healthy plasma.

Intravenous Serum Globulin:
Immunoglobulin or serum globulin is another name for antibodies. High doses of healthy immunoglobulin drawn from blood of various blood donors can help block and act as effective antibodies (1).

Prevention Methods
There are no prevention guidelines for Guillain-Barre Syndrome (8)

See Also:
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Introduction
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Types
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Causes & Risk Factors
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Signs & Symptoms
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Medical Tests & Diagnosis Methods
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Treatment

Article by Kona Vishnu, MS
Medical Writer,
OmniMedicalSearch.com

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