Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Now, this is kind of one of those things that makes you never want to get sick again. It's an auto-immune disorder that often starts after you have a viral or bacterial infection... and can progress to the point where you're almost totally paralyzed! We talked about it a bit in the course on dysphagia I'm taking. Of course, if you survive (there's only a 6% mortality rate or something), you tend to recover almost completely. That would always make me wonder... would it come back?

posted by Sarah @ 5:11 PM