Does GBS affect Organ functions?

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Hi Kinney,
Don’t forget, everyone is different, so what Kevin feels, you feel, or Debra felt is all different. One persons outcome certainly is different from anothers.

I cannot speak about what you are feeling, or even know if it is similar to Kevin’s GI issues, but I can tell you what he experiences. It started with a tingling feeining in his ***** when he urinated, he also used to say it would feel like he still had to go even after he thought he was done. So he did still have some control and feeling, just not like it used to be. He also had a VERY difficult time with constipation, and that lasted for about three months after ivig. The urinary problem cleared up in a couple of weeks after ivig.
Currently, 20 months out, he is symptom free from an autonomic perspective. Good luck!
Dawn Kevies mom

I still have plenty of autonomic issues… bladder, stomach motility, kidneys, intestines… generally things just don’t work as well as they used to – sometimes I go all day without peeing a single drop, other days things are relatively normal. I’m sure it will get better with time. :rolleyes:

Yes ~ the nerves are the main communication system for the entire body, so damage done anywhere can lead to compromise anywhere. Allopathic medicine use to tell us that there was an absolute “demarcation” line between peripheral and central nervous systems but now the current thought is that the lines are “blurred”. I think it’s taken a lot of anecdotal evidence to help them learn otherwise.

I, too, had a horribly diseased gallbladder but no one knew how/why. And even tho it has been removed I still get spasms in that area that are excruciating at times. Of course, when I am over-tired the residuals rear their ugly head 😮 I will always here Gene saying “rest, rest, rest!”. Thank you , dear Friend.