Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a disorder in which the body''s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. Feelings of tingling and weakness increase in intensity until the muscles cannot be used at all and the patient is almost totally paralyzed. No one knows why Guillain-Barre strikes some people and not others, or what sets the disease in motion. What we do know is that GBS i...