brain, spinal cord, and nerve disorders
Locked In Syndrome
Prognosis for Locked In Syndrome
Whether people recover depends on the cause and its severity, as in the following examples: If the cause is a small stroke and people are not completely paralyzed, people may recover completely or enough to do some daily tasks, such as eating and speaking, on their own. If the stroke is large, most people need full-time nursing care permanently. If the cause is Guillain-Barré syndrome, people may improve over several months, but recovery is seldom complete. If the cause is a progressive disorder such as cancer, death usually results. 