CASE REPORT: GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME AFTER COVID-19

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593232330037

• Palavras-chave: Guillain-Barré syndrome; COVID-19; SARS-COV-2.

• Keywords: Guillain-Barré syndrome; COVID-19; SARS-COV-2.

• Abstract:

  Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic began in December 2019.

  It is a respiratory infection that has the etiology of a coronavirus and is potentially serious. Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease whose etiology is still not fully understood, but it has infectious conditions as a trigger in more than 50% of patients. Purpose and case report: This study aims to report the case of a forty-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with GBS two weeks after the onset of Covid-19. The case report was carried out based on a review of medical records and correlation with the literature. Conclusion: There are already described cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome after COVID-19, which argues in favor that the SARS-COV-2 virus can be a triggering factor of this syndrome, but the medical literature still lacks studies that prove this relationship.