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How To Overcome Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
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?
Mon, 20 Mar 2017
Hello Sir
I 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
I 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
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