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Botox safety with Guillain-barre Syndrome
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Apr 7, 2023 | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
I was diagnosed with a very mild case of GBS in January 2022. I checked with my neurologist and he said there is no reason I shouldn’t have Botox injections since I no longer have GBS. He is very knowledgeable on Botox and gives classes on it to the public. I was scared to do it but about two weeks ago (late November) I went for it. Glad I did. Everything went fine. Just as a side note I am still recovering from some damage done by GBS to my throat muscles and it was still okay. Didn’t notice any change.
He has not told me that I can get flu or covid vaccine as of yet but he said possibly with time. I don’t have the courage to do that since we believe my GBS was caused by the shingles vaccine.
Hope that helps someone.
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Hiya, I am just going through this at the moment as wanting to get Botox for my frown line, I had gbs in 2009…. Have had flu jabs and covid jabs (which here in nz, we get told it could be unsafe for past gbs patients) but I was fine, I’m thinking of just doing the Botox and seeing how it goes. Your post has given me hope x
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Welcome @brisa, Thanks for sharing your experience. Sorry to hear that your GBS symptoms came after getting the shingles vaccine. Do you mind sharing what you were searching for when you found Connect?