Published October 25, 2021 | Version v1
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POST COVID-19 DELTA STRAIN COMPLICATION GUILLAIN- BARRE SYNDROME (GBS)

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Post COVID-19 complications are a topic of discussion these days. And these complications are making this pandemic more stressful with the variable strains of SARS-COV2. Since the cases of delta strains are increasing day by day. A rare complication of this pandemic is Guillain Barre Syndrome. This is a case report of a young female of 35 years old who got admitted in hospital 10 days after infection with delta strain of SARS-COV2 and she developed acute motor and sensory axonal type of neuropathy. Likewise, some other bacterial as well as viral infections can leads to post infection dysregulation of the immune system like the molecular impersonation can cause damage of PNS (peripheral nervous system) that is might be due to COVID-19 disease. The condition can lead to dysfunctioning related to motor conduction that cannot be figure out easily in non-neurological sceneries and in those patients who need ventilator. This patient was firstly treated with 5 sessions of plasmaphoresis and after this there was no effect of plasmaphoresis and then she was shifted to the ventilator and three days after she was expired.

Keywords: Axonal, neuropathy, pandemic, infection, plasmaphoresis

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