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

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."