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Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy
Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy (also known as Guillain-Barre syndrome), is a condition of progressive weakness and paralysis that may develop following a minor infection.
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What are the symptoms of acute inflammatory polyneuropathy?
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What is the definition or description of: Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy?
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What is it if somebody has chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy?
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What is chronic inflammatory demyelating polyneuropathy and how is it treated?
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Does anyone have really mild chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, making diagnosis uncertain?
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Can antiphospholipid syndrome be found in people with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy?
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A 16-year old female asked:
What could be a cause of acute polyneuropathy that develops in 1-2 months? it seems like it only affected my sensory nerves. im kinda worried even though im getting an MRI in the next month. it doesnt seem like Guillain Barre Syndrome?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Could Gullian Barre (or similar acute polyneuropathies) caused by re-activation of latent herpes viruses (like cytomegalovirus) occur in an immunocompetent young adult? Or Could it possibly happen following a primary infection?
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A 45-year old asked:
How horrible can I expect my polyneuropathy to get?
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What's the cause for polyneuropathy when you are not diabetic or alcoholic? At age 78 female
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How cure: sensitive polyneuropathy syndrome? Thank you.
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A 38-year old asked:
What exactly is axonal sensorimotor peripheral polyneuropathy?
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Can you tell me what is axonal sensorimotor peripheral polyneuropathy?
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What is axonal sensorimotor peripheral polyneuropathy and how is it treated?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Very early sensorimotor polyneuropathy, what can be done to reverse progression?
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What is polyneuropathy?
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Does polyneuropathy ever go away? Please, need some answers?
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Living with severe sensory motor polyneuropathy at age 39 what would my prognosis look at 50 years of age when the disease is severe?
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Could statin drugs cause nerve damage (polyneuropathy)?
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Can a tetanus shot be harmful if you already have a nerve condition, such as demyelinating polyneuropathy?
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A 50-year old female asked:
S-1 bilat radiculopathy- superimposed peripheral sensory polyneuropathy. What does this mean? All i know is pain. Help please
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Does hyperbaric oxygen treatment cure alcoholic polyneuropathy?
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Is polyneuropathy a life threatening disease? Can my rheumatologist cure this disease or should I see neurologist?
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I was dx'd with small fiber autonomic polyneuropathy and microvascular injury syndrome on skin bx. Am i going to die from this? Is this like bergers?
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This is NCS abnormal . There is evidence of axonal and deymilinating sensory motor polyneuropathy in both lower limbs. What is this problem? Please ask i don't understand what say in this report ?
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Is it still possible for Polyneuropathy to be caused by HIV if your T-Cell count has always been around 6/700 and you've always been undetectable since diagnosis? My new PCP doesn't seem to make sense
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