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Please let me know where you will be living. Also, how far you would be prepared to travel to see a neurologist and whether you would be willing to see someone privately; i.e. pay for consultation out of pocket.

Please let me know where you will be living. Also, how far you would be prepared to travel to see a neurologist and whether you would be willing to see someone privately; i.e. pay for consultation out of pocket.

It is very unlikely that your GBS has recurred but it is very important to seek medical advice for these symptoms. The most likely explanatrion is that you have a nonspecific recurrence of residual effects of the original episode which will subside as you recover from your recent COVID infection. A much less likely explanation is that you have the related condition, CIDP, that can sometimes closely resemble GBS at outset but go on to run a chronic or recurrent course. Let me reiterate, though, that it is important to get checked medically to ensure that nothing more ominous is going on.

It is very unlikely that your GBS has recurred but it is very important to seek medical advice for these symptoms. The most likely explanatrion is that you have a nonspecific recurrence of residual effects of the original episode which will subside as you recover from your recent COVID infection. A much less likely explanation is that you have the related condition, CIDP, that can sometimes closely resemble GBS at outset but go on to run a chronic or recurrent course. Let me reiterate, though, that it is important to get checked medically to ensure that nothing more ominous is going on.

Hi Nancy: There is no evidence that vitamins, minerals or any form of dietary supplement is of any use in hastening the recovery from GBS. In fact, some supplements, specifically vitamin B6 and zince, have been shown to cause nerve damage if taken in high doses or for long periods of time. A normal healthy diet contains everything that you need so you do not need to waste your money on the many products that have flooded the market with a complete lack of any evidence of benefit.