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Cervical Myelopathy

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A short list of symptoms.

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Proprioception is broken.

Weakness in limbs

Instability of spinal column

Loss of limb function

Pins and needles feeling , in fingers and toes.

Foot drop

Heaviness in legs

Bone marrow edema

Migraine with aura

Atrophy

Muscles wasting and guttering. Upper trunk area.

Paralysis

L'Hermittes sign.

Bone crushing pain throughout spinal column and limbs , with nausea.

Fasciculations

Spasticity

Fatigue

Loss of sleep

Interruption of sleep

Acute infarct in brain

Gliosis & lesions in brain and spinal cord

Word finding difficulty

Lack of understanding from friends and family.

Trouble dressing, and grooming.

Throat spasms and swallowing.

Weight loss.

High blood pressure

Anxiety.

EEG abnormalities

Hoffmann sign

Myelopathy Hand claw

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Dodlink profile image
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Great list Margot - fortunately I don't have all of those!!! It reads like a poem.

I'd add loss of co-ordination in feet, legs, arms and hands

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Thank you Dodlink💌

Please add your own symptoms of CSM to help other patients and to help our research teams. #CSM

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All of those except 1 or 2- Stopped having migranes for a time after rhinoplasty and then again after Adnoids and tonsil removal not sure on the Bone Marrow edema's???

OK here it goes, please excuse my little rants!

Jabbing traveling pain that feels like frostbite

Chills and Sweats within seconds of each other- And no I went thru that (meno) years ago!

It's due to the muscle stretching and contracting pain, and possibly humidity and or dehydration.

Having the words, but tongue tied, cannot pronounce words. I said to the ER nurse I've taken six in the last 20 hrs of 75 mg Zantax for my hiatal hernia, I did not say Xanax, please don't pump my stomach!

Total Blurry vision for a bit even with glasses on or large spots of shadows or colored dots

Feet that feel like cement blocks

Fingernail beds numb

Drooling

Drop Days. Days I can't hold onto anything.

Every Doctor asks about incontinence.

Sorry about the visual.. but here goes.

For me it's the opposite for the most part. LET's GO- #1 I don't have sensation to pee I just remember to empty. However, if I don't empty all the way in the day I will have the extreme urgency if I don't get to the loo in time I will .. you get the picture.. Lets Dance!

As far as..#2- I don't leave the house before I do, because once I have the feeling I have just enough time to get there walking, hobbling, while undressing at the same time and hopefully I'm not wearing any buttons or zippers.

I wish the doctors would read the 2nd part of this symptom.. could be no sensation at all, and why are they lumping Cervical spinal cord compression with nerve pain and PNS symptoms.. They could be and most likely a combo or separate. :)

Rashes & Red dots almost look like bug bites that don't heal and/or almost like poison ivy or tiny boil blisters from the burning pain.??

Scalp pressure, base and top. Scalp crawling. unhealing sore/scab

Ocular Rosacea & Red eyes

CC. Red eyes, walk and talk like you've had too many or taking drugs. NEXT!

Facial numbness mostly on one side, down to the neck muscle tightness, spasm, then turns into pain @ Collar Bone with muscle tightness and extreme pain around to the armpit onto the shoulder upper arm, elbow, forearm, all the way to the fingers with numbness, in hands. that if touched somewhere along this route, magically turns on the vocal chords to say a loud awhhh...and no it's not Tennis Elbow.. I don't play that game.

Rubbing those numb hands along a countertop really ups the amps of the feeling of electrical shock feeling.

Lower Scapula Chest Wall Jabbing gnawing Pain- No I don't have chest congestion or Allergies!

Last but not least. It's only happened twice, I try and make sure this doesn't happen if possible.. If and when I manage to fall asleep and wake up fast.. pillow pushed aside laying flat on my stomach a sudden urgency to wake up and normal reaction to put head from side to in line with body, then lift head straight up.. Picture, the shape of your head/skull, and then Imagine, plugging in a neon light and the liquid going around until it's completely lit within a few nano seconds.. that sensation going around your scalp.

Physical - Reverse bite, Overcrowding & loss of teeth at early age Wisdom teeth never sprouted still in jaw someplace. Reverse curve of Cervical Spine. Tendency of clogged rock hard wax in ears.

Congenital C1 Cleft- posterior subluxation of the occipital condyles with narrow-tight compromise of spinal canal @ foramen magnum level. seen only on "some complete series x-rays, I don't care if they were taken a hundred years ago.. They will still be there post mortem!

Could this congenital condition have caused or contributed to Multilevel DDD and DJD, multi-level disc osteophyte complex with cord deformation, severe foraminal narrowing. Stenosis, disc bulge with spondylosis in my cervical spine ? Either I am told "NO" or " I don't think so "

Is there a name for this like For Example- Congenital Hypoplasia of the posterior arch of the atlas? Is it too much to ask for a name of this and not be dismissed oh it's not that rare.. true a slight small non union of C1 is not so rare but a good portion and what's left has had alot of weight on it for a long time. I need a name for this condition if not for me but for my son who is 20 yrs younger and at one point his anterior bone was barely visible almost like a Jefferson fracture. His symptoms are getting worse and no one believes him because he is young and looks and works fine, and I don't have a diagnosis or name to pass on in medical history.

Thanks for asking and listening!

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meljohns in reply to

Burning pain in leg/neuropathy, freezing cold feet but not cold to the touch, difficulty adjusting to change in temperatures/heat and cold sensitive, skin hypersensitvity, bladder/bowel issues, and knee buckling/falls.

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SheilaDuganAdministrator

As the reply above I get burning sensations from my armpits down to the tips of my fingers. Hypersensitivity if someone or something touches my skin.

All around the elbow area and hand area hurts nearly all the time.

Severe pain in feet when walking.

in reply to SheilaDugan

I have the same symptoms, left arm. Shoulder to fingers. Yes, even the wind hurts it. Thank you for adding to the list.

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