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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.
Stiff-person syndrome — often called SPS — is a rare autoimmune disorder, meaning that infection-fighting cells in the body mistakenly attack healthy tissues.
The college student and former cheerleader has stiff person syndrome with autoimmune encephalitis, a rare neurological disorder that causes progressive muscle stiffness, gene mutation and repeated ...
Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a form of Still's disease, a rare systemic autoinflammatory disease characterized by the classic triad of fevers, joint pain, and a distinctive salmon-colored bumpy rash. The disease is considered a diagnosis of exclusion. [1] Levels of the iron-binding protein ferritin may be extremely elevated with this ...
“I have to admit it’s been a struggle,” Celine Dion said of her recently discovered disorder.
Stiff person syndrome, which occurs in about one in 1 million people, is characterized by progressive muscle rigidity which leads to impaired mobility, muscle spasms, postural deformities and ...
Céline Dion is speaking out about stiff person syndrome (SPS), a diagnosis she first revealed nearly two years ago. SPS is a rare autoimmune neurological disease that affects muscles and ...
In rheumatic diseases, this syndrome is more often referred to as macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) and occurs most frequently in the juvenile onset and adult onset forms of Still's disease and in systemic lupus erythematosus. It occurs rarely in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, juvenile Kawasaki disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. [7]