Neuro Note #6
For my sixth neuro note I chose to read a short story about a patient named June (June, 2023). At the age of two, June started to walk oddly (June, 2023). After a few weeks her mother realized something must be wrong and they went to the Seattle Children's Hospital ER (June, 2023). Eventually, the doctors performed a lumbar puncture which allowed them to come to the conclusion that June had Guillain Barré Syndrome (GBS) (June, 2023). June was not getting better at the rate she was supposed to so the doctors then diagnosed her with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) which is very rare (June, 2023). June has since gotten some better, but because of the CIDP she may have long term effects (June, 2023).
I chose this resource because I like to read patient stories as they are more personal and truthful than just an article discussing the disease or interventions. Also, I chose this specific patient story because in class we just discussed the disease at an adult level, but I was interested to see how it affects a child. In relation to the course content, we learned about CIDP and that it is very rare as it is the only type that does not allow the client to get fully back to baseline. We also discussed how GBS initially presents itself in the lower extremities and the mom said that June first started to walk oddly (June, 2023). I would recommend not necessarily this specific article, but reading patient stories about specific diagnoses that we will encounter as it gives us, as the clinician, a more client centered approach.
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| June and her mom |
June. GBS/CIDP Foundation International. (2023, July 6). https://www.gbs-cidp.org/patient-stories/june/
