Usually develops more slowly, reaching its worst in more than eight weeks, it can affect ones limbs (gripping objects, walking) and does not usually affect one’s breathing.
Persists and progresses over many months or years or may improve and then come back again
Weak eye muscles, with double or blurred vision, and often drooping eyelids with facial weakness (Argyll Robertson pupil is the most common ocular finding. It is described as pupils that constrict with accommodation but do not constrict with exposure to light).
Speech problems
Abnormal facial expression with inability to smile or whistle
Problems with co-ordination
Absence of deep tendon reflexes
Tingling and numbness on body causing patient to fall
Parsonage-Turner syndrome (Brachial plexus neuritis-is an uncommon neurological disorder characterised by rapid onset of severe pain in the shoulder and arm)
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