Celine Dion: What is Stiff Person Syndrome that the famous singer was diagnosed with

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It is more common in women than in men. It usually occurs between the ages of 20 – 50 years

The syndrome Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) characterized by body stiffness, which extends to the centromelic points of the muscles. Sufferers assume a lordotic or kyphoscoliosis position when walking.

During the initial stages, patients experience pain in the back and loins (the area of ​​the back between the chest and the buttocks), sleep disturbances and a feeling of sudden fatigue, aggravated by intense emotional stress.

The patient’s walking becomes progressively more difficult and impossible in the final stages, and at the same time disorders of swallowing, phonation and painful muscle contractions appear.

The clinical spectrum of the disease is complemented by tremors, nystagmus, dysarthria, diabetes mellitus, thyroiditis, seizures and nervous system disorders, leading to hyperpyrexia (the condition in which the human body temperature exceeds 40°C) and sudden death .

Stiff person syndrome (SPS) affects only one or two people in a million. A diagnosis of this very rare condition can leave patients and their families with many questions and few answers.

It is more common in women than in men. It usually occurs between the ages of 20 – 50 and is extremely rare in children.

SPS was first reported in 1956. Diagnostic criteria were proposed in the 1960s and refined two decades later.

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