How to overcome Guillain-Barre syndrome?
Patient: I am an artist - musician, age 56, male, married, residing in Goa at present with my family. I was a victim of GB Syndrome at the age of 36 in the year 1991. Doctors who treated : Dr Dubhashi at GMC, Dr Nathan at Shushrusha, Dr Arun Shah, Dr Mahale(cardiologist), Dr Prajakta Kanitkar in Pune, Dr S Y Kalelkar in Mumbai and Dr Shyam Bhandarey in Goa. Due to cardiac problem I was advised not to do vigorous physical exercises. With the help of Prescribed Medicine, meditation and active performance of classical music I could recover upto 90%; that too after 19 years. Disability has remained in the legs. Can I come out of that? Doctor: Hello SirI completely understand your concern and I would like to tell you that Approximately 80% with GBS become independent after 6months of treatment, about 60 % achieve full recovery of the bodies motor strength by 1 year. And in about 5-10% of patients full recovery is very much delayed or incomplete recovery.Now in your case as it was quite a delayed recovery (19years) so probably the weakness in legs may persist. So it's advisable that you should continue with physiotherapist for leg strengthening exercises as probably it would be helpful.I wish you good health