"A case is reported of a 33-year-old man in whom Guillain-Barr� syndrome (GBs) developed three weeks after a tick's sting. At the sting site typical for an early cutaneous type of Lyme borreliosis -- erythema migrans -- appeared.
The demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy of GBs occurred after disappearance of erythema migrans, and was manifested by progressive neuropathic symmetrical limb weakness with distal numbness and pain, and bilateral facial paralysis.
The GBs was confirmed by electrophysiological examination and elevated protein concentration with a normal range of cells in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Antibodies IgM and IgG against Borrelia burgdorferi in the blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid assessed using immunoenzymatic assay, MEIA, were negative on account of their early search.
The above findings suggested that the GBs [Guillain-Barr�'s] appearance after the probable Borrelia burgdorferi infection was in fact due to that infection."
If you have access to this person or their loved ones I would recommend you pass on this research abstract and help them find a Lyme Literate Doctor ASAP.
They need to be clinically evaluated and be treated immediately if they have Lyme and/or other Tick-Borne infections.
Good looking out on your part! I wish you all the best of luck!
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GBS is treated with IVIG.....at least the paralysis is. My neighbor on the lake had this and it took him aver a month to come through with IVIG and re-hab
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My own neuro symptoms were suggestive of GB, at least to my surgeon. Feeling of numbness and weakness in the legs, ataxia, constipation with episodes of bowel incontinence. Mine was not as extreme as the case above. Neurologist was clueless. Turned out to be Lyme. Watch the documentary Under Our Skin anmd you'll see examples of Lyme paralysis.
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