Reply To: Just diagnosed with GBS!

Jim-LA

May 30, 2017 at 12:32 am

Here is a good summary about the various autoimmune disorders. Perhaps it can help you determine what you might have and what to do about it:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000816.htm

More details (symptoms, diagnostic tests, etc.) about CIDP can be found here:
http://www.gbs-cidp.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CIDP.pdf

Please contact the GBS/CIDP liaisons below for a referral to a good Neurologist near you:
NEW YORK (QUEENS)
Christine Manniello Astoria, NY 11105
(917) 414-2069 chris02957@aol.com
Or
Les Skolnik Astoria, NY 11105
(516) 659-4729 cell lesjs1031@aol.com

There is a Center of Excellence near you too:
Columbia University Department of Neurology, 2nd floor
710 W 168th St New York, NY 10032
See if you can get an appointment with Dr. Thomas H. Brannagan III, MD here:
http://columbianeurology.org/profile/thbrannagan