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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or
Contraindicated? |
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Guillain Barre Syndrome |
This
disease begins with reduced |
Sensation
may be limited during |
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Syndrome* |
is
a disease of the nervous |
sensation
in fingers and toes, |
the
onset phase of this disease, |
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system
brought about by |
which
progresses up toward the |
and
any sensory impairment |
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autoimmune
dysfunction, |
central
nervous system. Both sen- |
contraindicates vigorous mas- |
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certain
types of infections |
sation
and motor innervation may |
sage.
If Sensation is intact and |
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or
vaccinations, Hodgkin's |
be
affected. in extreme cases, pa- |
medical
clearance is obtained, |
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lymphoma,
surgery, or ex- |
tients
may need a ventiator to as- |
massage
may be a useful part of |
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posure
to some drugs. |
sist
in breathing. Guillain Barre |
the
recovery strategy for Guillain |
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syndrome
is usually a temporary |
Barre
Syndrome. |
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situation,
and most patients expe- |
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rience
a full or nearly full recovery |
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within
weeks or months. |
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