This disease usually begins with symptoms that are trivial. However, without proper treatment, GBS can be fatal, even causing paralysis.
Guillan Barre Syndrome (GBS) arises from the swelling of peripheral nerves, thus causing delays messages from the brain to make movements. With the perfect treatment, the disease can be cured.
How to handle GBS
When suffering from GBS, the patient must remain vigilant because only 80% of patients can recover completely, depending on the severity of patients that could occur within weeks or a year. Patients who have severe disabilities will leaving a defect in the most severely affected. Keep in therapy long enough to restore the functions of muscles that wither due to GBS. This disease can be treated with a variety of ways, including medical rehabilitation, each form of exercise is based on the stages of healing the patient, ie, early and advanced stages.
In the progressive phase or the early stages, mainly aimed at the rehabilitation and maintenance functions of the condition. So, at this stage cardiopulmonary and musculoskeletal problems become the focus of major concern. Autonomous nervous system disorders are usually not a problem for the physiotherapist at this stage because usually mobilization has not been done. At this stage, cooperation with treatment is desirable.
At the final stage of the healing period, rehabilitation aimed at improving function, particularly increasing muscle strength and improving patient function optimally. However, lung function should be maintained and enhanced to support increased activity and metabolism. Rehabilitation of sensory modalities also need to be done.
