![]() ![]() Some believe the cause of Guillain Barré Syndrome might be due to an infection about six weeks prior to symptoms which triggers an autoimmune response (where the immune system attacks normal body tissue.) Approximately two thirds of individuals who develop GBS report a history of a respiratory, gastrointestinal or Zika virus within that six weeks window. One theory for the autoimmune response is the thought that peripheral nerve fibers might be attacked because they may have some characteristics that resemble bacteria or viruses. The attack on the peripheral nerves causes damage to the myelin (the sticky white substance that coats the nerve.) In some cases, myelin is destroyed resulting in direct damage to the nerve fiber. The process of Guillain Barré Syndrome is due to the immune system’s mistake in identification of normal peripheral nerve tissue as foreign. GBS does not affect the CNS, so thinking is not affected. ![]() Guillain Barré Syndrome (GBS) results from an attack by the body’s immune system on the peripheral nerves of the body. The nervous system consists of two parts, the Central Nervous System (CNS) which is the brain and spinal cord and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) that includes all the other nerves throughout the body.
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