Tag: Guillain Barre Syndrome

Autoimmune antibodies and diseases after COVID-19 disease and injections

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

A newly released study, Autoantibodies linked to autoimmune diseases associate with COVID-19 outcomes, discovered elevated autoantibodies in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 infections.[1] The study included 248 adults from five states of the USA. One hundred seventy-one of them had COVID-19 symptoms and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by PCR testing. Seventy-seven are healthy controls. The…

Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Covid-19 Vaccination

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

What is Guillain-Barre Syndrome? Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease that affects nerves. It starts as numbness or tingling of the arms and legs and progresses to muscle weakness. It can complicate the function of the heart, bladder,  bowel, and lungs.  The death rate is 5%. GBS is an autoimmune disease Autoantibodies are antibodies…