International Journal of Scientific Reports | August 2022 | Vol 8 | Issue 8 Page 243 International Journal of Scientific Reports Rakhecha G et al. Int J Sci Rep. 2022 Aug;8(8):243-245 http://www.sci-rep.com pISSN 2454-2156 | eISSN 2454-2164 Case Report A 35-year-old young patient with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Guillain-Barré syndrome): a case report Ghanshyam Rakhecha 1 *, Raju Ram Parihar 2 , Aksa Grace Shajan 1 INTRODUCTION GBS is an acute polyneuropathy characterised by varying degrees of weakness that peaks in 4 weeks. Approximately 5% of GBS patients are later diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) with acute onset (A- CIDP). 1 Peripheral nerves transmit sensory information (such as pain and temperature) from the body to the brain, as well as motor impulses (such as movement) from the brain to the body. GBS is marked by weakness, numbness, or tingling in the legs and arms, as well as probable loss of movement and sensation in the legs, arms, upper body and face. 2 CASE REPORT A male client “X” 35 year of age referred to King Edward memorial hospital (KEM), Parel, Mumbai. Client had no any significant past medical and surgical history. On 17 March 2022, he had tingling sensation bilateral lower limb (right>left) and he visited to the Buldana Hospital and took treatment but there was no relief. Client also went for ayurvedic doctor for routine test and took treatment, but no outcome was observed. On 20 March 2022 client went to neurologist for further treatment, there doctor labelled this condition as fibre neuropathy. He prescribed some treatment and advised for MRI. MRI was done and all were in normal limits. After it, doctor advised CSF study, intravenous IG and referred to Avishleav Hospital. On same day patient developed bilateral weakness, he was able to walk but had imbalance while walking. Weakness in bilateral lower limb which was gradually progressed in 5-6 days and patient was unable to stand or get up from squatting position. Then patient was referred to Apex Hospital, Aurangabad, where nerve conduction study and CSF study was done. The CSF study result showed presence of high amount of protein (85 mg/dl) in CSF. The patient ABSTRACT Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyneuropathy characterised by varying degrees of weakness that peaks in 4 weeks. We were presenting a case of men of 35 year of age, who had tingling sensation in lover limb (right>left), which was gradually extended, imbalance walking, unable to stand from squatting position and respiratory weakness. The patient took treatment at local hospitals and refer to KEM hospital, where he was diagnosed with GBS syndrome by diagnostic test. He was administered with medication and intravenous immunoglobulin. Keywords: Guillain-Barré syndrome, Acute idiopathic polyneuritis, Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, Extremity weakness 1 Leelabai Thackersey College of Nursing, Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 2 Medical Surgical Nursing, Mayurakshi College of Nursing, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Received: 11 June 2022 Accepted: 12 July 2022 *Correspondence: Ghanshyam Rakhecha, E-mail: Grakhecha08@gmail.com Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-2156.IntJSciRep20221840