A Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)asks How the Illness Develops

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Multiple Choice

A patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) asks how the illness develops.What should the nurse respond about the pathophysiology of the disorder?

• A) "An infection eats away at the nerve endings."
• B) "An infection enters the spinal cord and erodes the nerves at the roots."
• C) "The nerves are killed by infiltration of your body's white blood cells used to fight an infection."
• D) "After an infection your immune system created antibodies that affect the covering of the nerves."

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