Clinical features and investigations
| Signs in limbs | CSF | SSR latency (s) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Age (y), sex | Symptoms | Site of onset | P and T | PC and V | reflexes | Preceding illness | PR (mg/dl) | Po/mm3 | l/mm3 | Time of LP | Hand | Foot |
| P, pain; T, temperature; PC, proprioception; V, vibration; A, absent; N, normal; B, brisk; UTI, urinary tract infection; PR, protein; Po, polymorphs; L, lymphocytes; LP, lumbar puncture; SSR, sympathetic skin response | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 30, M | Numbness | Feet | A | N | N | A | 102 | 3 | 5 | 10 days | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 28, M | Numbness | Feet | A | N | N | Diarrhoea (1.5 months before) | 53 | 1 | 1 | 3 weeks | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 27, F | Numbness and burning sensation | Hands | A | N | N | UTI (1week before) | 55 | 1 | 1 | 2 weeks | 1.6 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 33, M | Numbness and burning sensation | Feet | A | N | B | Diarrhoea (3 weeks before) | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 week | 1.9 | Absent |
| 5 | 67, M | Numbness and burning sensation | Feet | A | N | B | A | 95 | 6 | 2 | 4 weeks | 3.4 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 44, F | Numbness, pain, and burning sensation | Hands | A | N | N | Diarrhoea (3 days before) | 92 | 4 | 1 | 10 days | 2.9 | 2.1 |