Guillain-Barre Syndrome

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GBS Causes


Guillain-Barre syndrome is not hereditary or contagious. What causes GBS is not known; however, in about half of all cases the onset of the syndrome follows a viral or bacterial infection, such as the following:

Campylobacteriosis (usually from eating undercooked poultry)
Flu (influenza), common cold
Gastrointestinal viral infection
HIV
Infectious mononucleosis
Porphyria (rare disease of red blood cells)
Viral hepatitis



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