Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following a Snakebite: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Hameed, Sajid; Memon, Mubashar; Khan, Sara

doi:10.7759/cureus.5278

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“…10 The seventh case was reported by Hameed S et al in 2019, where a fisherman developed AMAN variant of GBS, 3 weeks after the bite of a yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophisplaturus). 11 Of all the seven cases described in the literature, five are males, one case was 11 year old girl, and in one of the cases gender was not mentioned. Oldest case was 62 year male, and the youngest was 11 year old.…”

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Guillain - Barre syndrome following snake bite? An under-reported entity

Bv¹,

Swathi²,

Rao³

2021

IJN

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Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyneuropathy of varied aetiology. There were only a few reported case of GBS following snake bites in our review of literature. Given the high incidence of snake bites, we feel GBS following snake bites are under-reported. Since reporting of snake bites is not mandatory in many regions of the world, snake bites often go unreported. Consequently, no study has been conducted to determine the frequency of snakebites on the international level. However, some estimates put the number at 1.2 to 5.5 million snake bites. Here is a report of a patient of snake bite who presented at the outset with neuromuscular and haematological complications of envenomation and later developed severe peripheral neuropathy due to GBS.GBS following snake bite may not really be uncommon but may in fact be an under-reported entity. Patients of snake bite developing progressive weakness, could actually be due to GBS, which, if timely recognised and managed, might have a better outcome.

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Guillain - Barre syndrome following snake bite? An under-reported entity

Bv¹,

Swathi²,

Rao³

2021

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Two unusual cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome after snake bite: the rare immune mediated complication of Elapid venom

Changadiya

Anadure

Sreen

et al. 2023

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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Manifestation of Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Infection with SARS-CoV-2 versus Other Prior Infections

Bockholt,

Betts,

Calhoun

2023

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare, autoimmune disease generally triggered by an abnormal immune response to a viral or bacterial infection. Typically, this aberrant immune response targets the nerves, leading to poor nerve signal conduction and damage and manifesting in a variety of physical symptoms. These physical symptoms range from muscle weakness to full paralysis; this intense variability of GBS is not well understood nor comprehensively classified. Our first objective was to provide a better classification method for GBS symptom presentation, and here we present the most specific symptom dependent GBS outcomes severity scale to date. Additionally, the rise of COVID-19 caused an increase in patients who developed GBS after infection with SARS-CoV-2. We applied our novel scoring assessment to 109 total cases of GBS, either induced after SARS-CoV-2 infection or not, to determine if the severity level of the disease manifestation depended on SARS-CoV-2. The results from this analysis show there is no significant difference between the severity of GBS for patients with GBS associated with COVID-19 and GBS without COVID-19 association.

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Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following a Snakebite: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Guillain - Barre syndrome following snake bite? An under-reported entity

Guillain - Barre syndrome following snake bite? An under-reported entity

Two unusual cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome after snake bite: the rare immune mediated complication of Elapid venom

Manifestation of Guillain-Barre Syndrome After Infection with SARS-CoV-2 versus Other Prior Infections

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