Usually, this condition is triggered by an acute bacterial or viral ... This is followed by paralysis which may occur in an ascending pattern starting in the lower limbs and spreading upwards ...

The patient underwent extensive workup. All laboratory testing including CBC, CMP and Lyme titers were within normal limits. Neurology was consulted given the concern of possible Guillan-Barre ...

All were recruited within 10 days of the onset of acute peripheral facial paralysis. Paired sera were taken from the patients at their initial visit and 2 to 3 weeks later (convalescent phase).

The patient was hospitalised on January 21 with a history of fever and diarrhoea that was followed by ascending paralysis ... Doctors diagnosed her with Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating ...