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  2. What is stiff-person syndrome? Celine Dion sings live for the ...

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    Stiff-person syndrome — often called SPS — is a rare autoimmune disorder, meaning that infection-fighting cells in the body mistakenly attack healthy tissues.

  3. Stiff-person syndrome - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Inside Celine Dion's Battle With Stiff Person Syndrome: What ...

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    According to the Mayo Clinic, Stiff Person Syndrome is "a rare disorder of motor function characterized by involuntary stiffness of axial muscles and superimposed painful muscle spasms, which are ...

  5. Celine Dion Opens Up About Living with Stiff Person Syndrome

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    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 ...

  6. Celine Dion Took Potentially Fatal Dosages of Valium to Cope ...

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    Celine Dion Says Singing With Stiff Person Syndrome Is Like 'Somebody's Strangling You,' Reveals She Has Broken Ribs From Spasms Celine Dion Is 'Ready' to Tell All on Health Battle and Breaks Down ...

  7. Celine Dion details life with stiff-person syndrome ahead of ...

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    Stiff-person syndrome, aka Moersch-Woltman syndrome, is a neurological disorder that can cause symptoms such as stiffening in the muscles of the trunk, along with stiffness and rigidity in the ...

  8. Celine Dion shares how stiff-person syndrome affects her ...

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    Roughly one-to-two people out of every million have stiff-person syndrome. They often experience rigidity in their torso and limbs, as well as severe muscle spasms that can cause them to fall. The ...

  9. Adult-onset Still's disease - Wikipedia

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    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 ...