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Spinal myoclonus is usually associated with a localized area of damage to spinal cord tissue. Types include Segmental Spinal Myoclonus, which involves a specific segment of the spinal cord and Propriospinal Myoclonus, which involves all of the spinal cord.
How do members experience spinal myoclonus?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with spinal myoclonus*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for spinal myoclonus*
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Spinal myoclonus is usually associated with a localized area of damage to spinal cord tissue. Types include Segmental Spinal Myoclonus, which involves a specific segment of the spinal cord and Propriospinal Myoclonus, which involves all of the spinal cord.
Common symptoms reported by people with spinal myoclonus
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for spinal myoclonus
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Compare treatments taken by people with spinal myoclonus
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have spinal myoclonus through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with spinal myoclonus? Members in the forum might have the answers.
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