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Frequency. 1 in 1,000,000. 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.
Symptoms of stiff person syndrome typically begin in the upper body, according to the Cleveland Clinic. As it progresses, symptoms typically move to the lower body, making it difficult to walk and ...
Celine Dion, who on Thursday announced she's battling Stiff Person Syndrome, has been diagnosed with an incurable neurological disease so extremely rare that, according to the famed Cleveland ...
Celine Dion made her first public appearance in nearly four years, defying the challenges of her battle with stiff person syndrome. The 55-year-old "My Heart Will Go On" singer, who was diagnosed ...
Chronic functional abdominal pain. Chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous and articular syndrome. Chronic Lyme disease. Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Churg–Strauss syndrome. Chédiak–Higashi syndrome. Claude's syndrome. Clinically isolated syndrome. CLOVES syndrome.
Impulse-control disorder (ICD) is a class of psychiatric disorders characterized by impulsivity – failure to resist a temptation, an urge, or an impulse; or having the inability to not speak on a thought. Many psychiatric disorders feature impulsivity, including substance-related disorders, behavioral addictions, attention deficit ...
Stiff-person syndrome is an autoimmune and neurological condition that affects roughly one or two out of every 1 million people. Symptoms include stiffening in the torso and limbs, along with ...
Stress-related disorders constitute a category of mental disorders. They are maladaptive, biological and psychological responses to short- or long-term exposures to physical or emotional stressors. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences categorizes Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as ...