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Stiff-person syndrome (SPS), also known as stiff-man syndrome, [1] is a rare neurological disorder of unclear cause characterized by progressive muscular rigidity and stiffness. The stiffness primarily affects the truncal muscles and is characterised by spasms , resulting in postural deformities.
Cadaveric spasm, also known as postmortem spasm, instantaneous rigor mortis, cataleptic rigidity, or instantaneous rigidity, is a rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists into the period of rigor mortis. [1]
Many patients with stiff person syndrome experience muscle cramping, spasms and stiffness constantly, but certain movements or emotions can trigger "a complete, whole-body spasm," Piquet, who is a ...
Céline Dion is staying strong for her sons. The 56-year-old singer continues to address her ongoing health battle with the rare autoimmune disorder, Stiff Person Syndrome, in a series of new ...
Celine Dion David Fisher/Shutterstock Celine Dion and her loved ones have offered health updates amid her battle with stiff-person syndrome. Dion revealed in December 2022 that she had to postpone ...
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Celine Dion revealed her diagnosis with stiff person syndrome in December 2022 before canceling her upcoming tour dates indefinitely in May 2023. In December 2023, ...
Ride the Storm is the long-planned final book in the Moonlight Bay Trilogy, to be written by American author Dean Koontz.The book is the third installment featuring Christopher Snow, a young man who suffers from the rare (but real) disease called XP (xeroderma pigmentosum).