How To Diagnose And Treat Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)

Connection To Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Guillain-Barre syndrome is a condition where an individual's peripheral nerves develop an acute inflammatory disease characterized by symptoms that develop suddenly and progress rapidly. This syndrome is caused by an inappropriate and abnormal reaction by an individual's immune system, where it attacks the protective myelin sheathing around the nerves. Most individuals affected by Guillain-Barre syndrome recover without a problem and do not experience long-term or persistent symptoms. However, some Guillain-Barre syndrome patients may experience a permanent alteration of their immune system, where it continues to destroy myelin sheaths slowly and progressively. This alteration that occurs in an affected individual's immune system causes long-term symptoms that can be characterized as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.