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Celine Dion Returns as Stiff-Person Syndrome Affects Movement

Celine Dion Returns as Stiff-Person Syndrome Affects Movement
Celine Dion Returns To The Stage: What Stiff Person Syndrome Does To Muscles, Movement And Voice · timesnownews.com

The headline reports that Celine Dion is returning to the stage while highlighting stiff-person syndrome.

Stiff-person syndrome is a rare disorder that affects the nervous system.

It is generally thought to involve the immune system.

The disorder can make muscles increasingly stiff.

It can also cause painful spasms that happen suddenly.

These spasms may make someone fall or get hurt.

The condition often begins in the muscles around the body’s middle.

It may later affect the legs, arms and other parts of the body.

Severe cases can make walking or moving without help difficult.

Key facts

Condition
Stiff-person syndrome
Type
Rare neurological disorder
Likely component
Generally considered to have an autoimmune component
Main effects
Progressive muscle stiffness and painful spasms
Common starting area
Muscles of the trunk
Possible progression
Legs, arms and other parts of the body
Severe impact
Difficulty walking or moving independently

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