 [ Symptoms ] patient is getting feverish after guillain barre syndrome which is preventing him from recovery any thoughts  my brother had guillain barre syndrome couple weeks ago which has been taken care of but he is getting fever often which is preventing him from recovering any thoughts on what could be causing fever or how can we prevent it [ Disease ] i do not know enough about your particular case nothing in fact to know if you are a surgical candidate or not i think it is a big jump from failure of anti inflammatory cream to the operating room however a choice of specialists depends on where the nerve impingment starts if it is in your back a neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon would be the specialist of choice