What are the symptoms of guillain–barré syndrome?
Patient: my husband 61 contracred Guillon barre 3months ago, he was given immnglobian and is making good progress but for his bladder he still has the catheter in even though he wants to pee when they take it out he has to go every 30mins or so but a very small amount so catheter has to go back in.Does this show signs it is coming back? We live in Portugal and tey don't know even saying maybe it will never?? He is able to walk unaided and even able to drive now, but still not much stamina is there something to help that return?many thanksSusan Doctor: HelloThanks for query .Your husband has Guillain Barre Syndrome and was catheterized with self retaining indwelling catheter to drain urine from his bladder .However he is unable to pass urine of his own on removing catheter .This could be GB syndrome due to involvement of nerves However patients with GB Syndrome do recover completely within few months .Looking at his age to be 61 years the other common cause of difficulty in passing urine is Enlarged Prostate and needs to be ruled out.I would suggest you to qualified Urologist for clinical and digital rectal examination and get following basic tests done to confirm the diagnosis.1) Urine routine and culture. 2) Ultrasound scanning of abdomen and pelvis3) Serum PSA.Further treatment will depend upon result of these tests and final diagnosis.Dr.Patil.