Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Diagnosis And Treatment

Plasmapheresis

Plasmapheresis involves doctors taking blood and blood plasma from the patient. The plasma is separated from the blood cells, and the cells are returned to the patient's body. Doctors add saline or albumin to replace the plasma before they reintroduce the blood cells.

This works because the patient will then create more plasma to replace what the procedure removed. The harmful antibodies in this syndrome are usually found in the plasma. Thus, new plasma does not always contain them! Thus, the body will not attack the nerves as much after plasmapheresis. This slows down the progression of the disease and makes symptoms more manageable!

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