Reply To: Help Understanding Results? Motor Axon Damage?

AIDP, by definition, is GBS. In this context the D stands for demyelinating. The answer to your question about axons is best found with an online search. Online you will be able to find photographs of nerve structures and read comprehensive descriptions.

Simply put, the myelin is the covering for nerve bundles. The motor axons are a part of the nerve bundle. In the event there is only axonal damage this is a special subset of GBS and is described thusly: “Acute motor axonal neuropathy is the most frequent axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and is often used synonymously with the term axonal GBS.”

Demyelination, left unchecked and untreated may also result in axonal damage. This seems to be what is stated in the portion of the report you provided. Long term axonal damage my slowly recover, if at all. The long term loss of axons is linked to muscle atrophy.

January is not so far off. At any rate, why not call the doctor’s office and ask your question? Who knows, they may actually reply to you.

The proper interpretation of EMG and NCV studies is complex.