Flu-like

GBS frequently follows a flu-like illness, or viral syndrome by a week or two. Influenza infection itself can occasionally precipitate the occurrence of Guillain-Barre syndrome, Even the flu jab can cause it. Presenting symptoms of GBS include 'flu-like' symptoms, absence of fever at onset and associations of different types of symptoms or overlaping spectrum of unusual presenting symptoms and/or atypical variants of GBS,

What to watch for: ataxia and decreased muscle tonus with a preceding flu-like episode.

Differential Dx

Differential Diagnosis for Flu-Like Syndrome