Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy Improvement 20 Days After Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Abstract

We reported a rare case demonstrating that the hyperbaric oxygen chamber provided faster clinical improvement in a patient with a variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). A patient with progressive, acute weakness of upper extremity locomotor muscles and with difficulty breathing and swallowing was diagnosed with axonal GBS. Despite life-saving conventional therapies, there was no significant improvement until day 5. During hyperbaric oxygen therapy, there were daily gradual improvements until day 20, at which time the patient was capable of walking slowly without using a walking aid.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves recovery at acute motor axonal neuropathy case

“…[ 4 ] GBS, the prototype post-infectious dysimmune neuropathy, has for some time been described as a AIDP with predominant T-cell-mediated immunopathogenesis. [ 1 , 5 ] About 5–10% of patients recovering from GBS may relapse within 3 days– 3 weeks despite the therapy. [ 6 ] AMAN is common among young people in Japan and China and during the dry season.…”