Dallas Cowboys center Travis Frederick is battling a rare autoimmune disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome named after Georges Guillain and Jean Alexandre Barre, the two French doctors who first described the malady in 1916.
The condition is rare, with 1 in 100,000 people being diagnosed each year.
Luckily, Frederick's case was caught early, which has shown to be integral to patients having a full and relatively quick recovery.
Dr. Farhan Siddiq, an endovascular neurosurgeon and the co-medical director of Texas Health Fort Worth's Stroke and cerebrovascular disease program, helps us understand the nature of the uncommon disease and the fight Frederick had on his hands.
