Other names: muscle stiffness, increased muscle tension
Muscle stiffness is a symptom of many diseases.
Stiff muscles are found in lesions of motor neurone – there is a central image or spasticity. A disorder of movement – often one limb – monopareza, both lower limbs – paraparesis, or all four limbs – quadrupareza.
If the mobility of the limbs at least partially preserved talking about limb paresis. If there is a complete loss of movement, talking about plegia. Term paralysis doctors shun. If one feels reduced mobility limbs should promptly see a doctor. It is always a serious symptom – the cause may be a brain hemorrhage, tumor, inflammation of nerves, the first attack of multiple sclerosis and the like. It is always necessary detailed neurological resolution.
Rigid – rigid muscles constitute the basic symptom of Parkinson’s disease. Along with hypokinesia and tremor. Suspicion is growing with asymmetrical symptoms. Finally, I must reiterate that the motor disorders legs are always serious, they may be combined with sensory loss and other symptoms.
Description of meningitis Our brain and spinal cord are coated with three layers. These layers, together with the cerebrospinal fluid that fills the space between the packaging protects the brain and spinal cord against shocks and other outside influences. The…
Description of tetanus Tetanus is an infectious disease caused by the bacteriumClostridium tetani (or its toxin) which gets into the body open wound, whereby there is clogging bacteria blow into the blood. It is a disease manifested by generalized seizures…
Description of Parkinson’s disease Parkinson’s disease was first described in 1817 by London physician James Parkinson and translated into Czech as polio shaky. In fact, but not polio, and so he was later renamed after its discoverer. In this disease,…
Description phenylketonuria Phenylketonuria is an inherited disorder of metabolism of aromatic acids with a complete deficit of phenylalanine hydroxylase, the enzyme converting the amino acid phenylalanine to tyrosine, or its cofactor (cofactor is basically a “helper” enzyme), tetrahydrobiopterin (BH 4),…
Description of cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a term that represents a group of chronic diseases, which are characterized by disorders of central control momentum. The term children is the period in which the disease begins to manifest, label…