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Definition
Guillain-Barre syndrome is a disorder caused by nerve inflammation involving progressive muscle weakness or paralysis, which often follows an infectious illness.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Guillain-Barre syndrome is an acute type of nerve inflammation. The inflammation damages portions of the nerve cell, resulting in muscle weakness or paralysis and sensory loss. The damage usually includes loss of the myelin sheath of the nerve (demyelination), which slows the conduction of impulses through the nerve.
The damage can also cause kill the axon part of the nerve cell (denervation), which stops nerve function entirely. Without the axon, messages cannot be transferred from one nerve cell to another.
The exact cause of this disorder is unknown. It may occur at any age but is most common in people of both sexes between the ages 30 and 50. It often follows a minor infection, usually a respiratory (lung) infection or gastrointestinal (gut) infection. Frequently, signs of the original infection have disappeared before the signs of Guillain-Barre begin.
Guillain-Barre syndrome may occur in association with viral infections like mononucleosis, AIDS, and herpes simplex, or after infections with bacteria (such as mycoplasma), and some types of diarrhoea. Sometimes Guillain-Barre occurs following surgery or vaccinations (such as rabies and swine flu vaccines) or in association with other medical problems such as systemic lupus erythematosus or Hodgkin’s disease.
Symptoms
The disorder progresses rapidly (from days to a few weeks), causing weakness or paralysis equally on both sides of the body. As weakness starts in the legs and then spreads to the arms, it is referred to as ascending paralysis. At the same time, patients may notice tingling, foot or hand pain, and clumsiness. As paralysis worsens, the patient may require assisted ventilation in order to breathe.
The beginning phase of the illness is a rapid worsening that may take only a few hours to reach the most severe symptoms. These severe symptoms may last up to 3 weeks. This is followed by a plateau phase of no changes, then a recovery phase of improvement over days to 6 months or longer
Adverse reactions to vaccination and Guilliane-Barre Syndrome
There have been cases of patients developing Guilliane-Barre Syndrome following a variety of vaccinations, in particular the flu vaccination. Many of the vaccinations that have been linked to Guillian-Barre Syndrome still contain Thimerosal.
Guilliane-Barre Syndrome has been heavily linked to the HPV vaccination Gardasil and this is featured in many of our links on the right hand side of this page.
Gardasil or the HPV vaccine is being offered to young girls between 9-12 years of age. It is often thought of as a vaccine to prevent Cervical Cancer. It is not, it is a vaccine to prevent HPV which is a Sexually Transmitted Disease which may lead to cell changes within the cervix which may then lead to cancer. For full information read HPV vaccine link
To learn more and to understand
please read links on the right hand side of page. Most of these links show where vaccines have been linked to Guilliane-Barre Syndrome.
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26th November 2009
My son was paralised by the
Swine Flu shot
http://www.momlogic.com/2009/11/my_son
_is_paralyzed
_from_the_swine_flu_shot.php
6th November 2009
Does a Past Case of GBS
Mean Skipping Swine flu Vaccine?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/11
/how_does_guillainbarre_affect.html
2nd Sept 2009
Flu Vaccine and Guillain Barre
Syndrome
http://yourhealthypath.blogspot
.com/2009/09/there-appears-
to-be-connection-to-flu.html
15th July 2009
Swine Flu shot of 1976
Resulted in many case of GBS
Say No to Flu Shot
http://www.homefirst.com/faqs/examples/
swine_flu__vaccine_1976.html
3rd May 2009
GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME FOLLOWING VACCINATION IN THE NATIONAL INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM, UNITED STATES, 1976–1977
http://aje.oxfordjournals
.org/cgi/content/abstract/110/2/105
1st May 2009
Gardisal Linked to Nerve Disorderhttp://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/news/20090430/gardasil-linked-to-nerve-disorder?src=RSS_PUBLIC
26th April 2009
1976 Fear of the Great Plague
http://blogs.healthfreedom
alliance.org/blog/2009/04/26/1
976-fear-of-a-great-plague/
23rd Dec 2008
Wolf in Sheeps Clothing
http://www.cynthiajanak.com
/20081220UKgirlparalysed.html
14th Dec 2008
Mystery illness paraylsis girl
given cervical cancer jab
http://www.timesonline.co
.uk/tol/life_and_style/health
/article5337885.ece
4th Dec 2008
Letters to Health Commissioner
Heather Howard stating Flu
Vaccines causes GBS
http://njvaccinationchoice.blogspot.
com/2008/12/members-address-
health-commissioner.html
7th Nov 2008
Safe or Sorry?
http://letstalkaboutsexed.
blogspot.com/2008/11/safe-
or-sorry.html
6th Nov 2008
Guillain Barre Syndrome
http://boards.webmd.com/webx
?THD@@.89a9afc3!thdchild=.89a9afc3/1
6th Nov 2006
Government Abandons
Cervical Cancer Vaccine
http://jp-ireland.spaces.live.com
/blog/cns!7D84D8D8579
0AC27!5092.entry
5th Oct 2008
Say No to HPV Vaccine
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/2008
1002154306/myblog/myblog/say-no-the-the
-hpv-vaccine.html
2nd Sept 2008
Needless Gardasil Vaccine has Deadly Consequenceshttp://leifgrunseth.com/?p=246
25th Aug 2008
Guilliane Barre Syndrome
after vaccine
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/
forum/index.php
?topic=10230.msg191782;boardseen
21st Aug 2008
The Gardasil 'Miracle'
Coming Undone.?
http://www.onlineopinion.
com.au/view.asp?article=7786
19th Aug 2008
Gardasil Suspected in Australian Pancreatitis Cases
http://www.newsinferno.com/
archives/3653
7th Aug 2008
Roach Killer in Gardasil HPV Vaccine
http://www.healthsinfo.net/drugs-medications/roach
-killer-in-gardasil-hpv-vaccine.html
3rd Aug 2008
HPV Blamed for Teen's Paralysis
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/
archive/2008/08/02/hpv-vaccine-blamed-for-teen-s-paralysis.aspx?source=nl
24th July 2008
Despite Death and Other
Reactions Feds say Gardasil
Is Safe
http://www.newsinferno
.com/archives/3493
20th July
Well Well Well
Shot or Not?
http://www.vueweekly.com
/article.php?id=8981
24th July 2008
Despite Death and Other
Reactions Feds say Gardasil
Is Safe
http://www.newsinferno
.com/archives/3493
13th July2008
Reason to just say no to Vaccines
Dr Sherri Tenpenny http://newswithviews.com/Tenpenny
/sherri19.htm
20th June 2008
Questions About Gardasil
http://www.wxyz.com/content/news/health/
story.aspx?content_id=1750eaf6-2ae8-
438d-9a3b-73c39088a882
20th June 2008
Two Die After Gardisal
Shots
http://www.newsinferno.com
/archives/3253
26th Nov 2007
Vaccines threaten
44,000 U.S Soldiers
http://articles.mercola.com
/sites/articles/archive/2007
/11/24/vaccines-threaten-
up-to-44-000-u-s-soldiers.aspx
20th Nov 2007
LTE Mildred Rose Bennett
http://www.zwire.com/site/news
.cfm?BRD=1134&dept_id=
150866&newsid=18951
332&PAG=461&rfi=9
15th Nov 2007
Did Gardasil Vaccine
Cause a 12year olds
Paralysis
http://www.injuryboard.com
/national-news/did-gardasil
-vaccine-cause-a-12-yr-olds-paralysis.aspx?googleid=28460
Flu shot went horribly wrong
http://www.whale.to
/a/flushot12.html
Guillian-Barre Syndrome after Vaccination in the United States
http://www.whale.to/
vaccine/gbs2006.html
Flu Vaccination Linked to Muscle Wasting Disease
http://search.japantimes.co.jp
/member/member.html?nn
20021118a3.htm
Flu shot slightly raises the risk of Guillian-Barre
http://search.japantimes.co.jp
/member/member.html?nn20021118a3.htm
Vaccine Lawyer on Side Effects of Vaccines
http://www.vaccinationnews.
com/DailyNews/February2002
/VaccineLawyer.htm
Flu drug Tamiflu may cause odd behaviour in children
http://www.healthcentral.com
/newsdetail/408/536084_3.html
Tainted History of the DPT
http://vaccinationnews.com/
DailyNews/July2001/
TaintedHistoryDPTVax.htm
Reported side effects
http://www.thinktwice.com/flu.htm
HPV Adverse Reactions
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007
/aug/07080704.html
Three Deaths after HPV Vaccine
http://www.prnewswire.com
/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY
=/www/story/05-23-2007/
0004595032&EDATE
Complication arise
from HPV Vaccine
http://www.newsmax.com
/medicine_men/hpv_
vaccinations/2007/08
/29/28392.html
Worries remain about HPV
vaccine side effects
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews
/story/CTVNews/20070911/hpv
_vaccine_070911/20070911?
hub=TopStory
Gardasil lies for profit
http://www.renewamerica.us
/columns/janak/070825
8 More deaths connected
to HPV vaccine
http://worldnetdaily.com/news
/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58004
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