Stiff Person Syndrome Spectrum Disorders

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
  • Scott Newsome, neurologist and director of the Johns Hopkins Stiff Person Syndrome Center, discusses the prevalence and presentation of stiff person syndrome and related spectrum disorders. He also shares an overview of diagnostic assessment and treatment options for these conditions. #StiffPersonSyndrome #JohnsHopkins www.hopkinsmed...

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  • @valentinesouthest2806
    @valentinesouthest2806 Год назад +5

    What a Devoted Doctor you are. God Bless You & Yours
    🍀💙🍀

  • @ehlersdanlosmom6847
    @ehlersdanlosmom6847 2 года назад +7

    Thank you for explaining the spectrum. I have been diagnosed with generalized dystonia for 5 years...but I wonder if my symptoms fit better with SPS Plus. It began with lower back pain, then heavy legs and over time generalized to feet, hands, abdomen, double vision, strained voice, neck, mouth pull..it varies and is difficult to manage, especially as a mom to an incredible 11 year old. I live in NYC and if I'm upright and startled by a loud noise, I freeze. The idea of SPS having IVIG as a treatment sounds like it really improves patients mobility. Whatever I have is progressing and I'm using my mobility aids more, and am most often bedbound. I hope to meet with a Dr. someday who will spend more time with me to help me have a better quality of life.

    • @veronicaknoester5798
      @veronicaknoester5798 Год назад +1

      I avoid bed only to sleep

    • @KiKiQuiQuiKiKi
      @KiKiQuiQuiKiKi 9 месяцев назад

      Please have your anti-GAD65 antibody lebel tested. Unfortunately, SPS and EDS are linked-I have two adult children with both.

    • @gayschaye4600
      @gayschaye4600 7 месяцев назад

      There’s a 2 hour train from NYC to Dr Newsome in Baltimore. Worth an appointment with him! Then a local neurologist can follow his protocol.

  • @Sadie-d3h
    @Sadie-d3h Год назад +6

    It is very interesting that they say they don't know what causes it, yet they can cause it in lab mice.

    • @gayschaye4600
      @gayschaye4600 7 месяцев назад

      What do they do to create it in lab mice?

    • @MissMavourneen
      @MissMavourneen 6 месяцев назад +2

      Knowing how something is triggered is a lot different from knowing how to cure it.

    • @GodsGraceSavesUs
      @GodsGraceSavesUs 2 месяца назад

      Agreed

  • @1PHaleysComet
    @1PHaleysComet Год назад +4

    This is the only doctor that doesn’t make it seek like it is a one sided symptomatic story. I have been dealing with random back, legs, and feet spasms with my back locking on me and nobody knows what is wrong.

    • @kdcbattlecreek
      @kdcbattlecreek Год назад +1

      Ask if you can get an autoimmune panel blood test. It will show what things in your body are acting crazy,,. Including thyroid, GAD.

    • @kdcbattlecreek
      @kdcbattlecreek Год назад +3

      I hope you can get referred to a good neurologist who is linked to a hospital that studies neurology disorders. Mayo Clinic, John's Hopkins, Cleveland clinic.

    • @gayschaye4600
      @gayschaye4600 7 месяцев назад

      Dr Newsome is the leader in the country for this. I highly recommend an appointment with him. His suggested protocol can be utilized by your local neurologist. That’s how I do it. Good luck.

  • @Karina-in9eb
    @Karina-in9eb 6 месяцев назад +1

    Se de ésto. Mi hija lo padece hace casi 20 años. Tardaron 2 años en diagnosticarla, por el momento no tiene cura y además es progresiva. Pero con benzodiazepinas, inmunoglobulinas y además tiene implantada una bomba de baclofeno que la ayuda a tener mejor calidad de vida Es una enfermedad muy cruel .... Desde Bs As , Argentina

  • @bucyrus5000
    @bucyrus5000 Год назад +2

    Thank you for this, but a suggestion to the editor. YT videos are better without intros or extremely short intros (3s - 5s). You already have the logo in the rest of the frames.

  • @MechCombatCam
    @MechCombatCam 9 месяцев назад

    I wonder if occupational exposure (with gloves being the only PPE) to solvents used to clean and varnish electronic circuit boards (after a repair) can cause my similar symptoms. I also serviced videojet printers for 11 months and had a headache everyday on the job. Now the Dr says GAD isn't my problem. Back in 2008, they said I suffered from a psychogenic movement disorder and former John Hopkins neurologist Dr. Paul Dash & psych Dr. Adam Rosenblatt agreed - sent me thru SSRI treatment to my detriment. VA now says no to conversion disorder but can't say what's up. I'm afraid they'll never figure it out or let me know.

  • @earlinesmith4717
    @earlinesmith4717 9 месяцев назад +3

    What about spasms that lock down the patient's diaphragm and they cannot breathe and have to be intubated?

    • @JohnsHopkinsMedicine
      @JohnsHopkinsMedicine  9 месяцев назад

      Hi Earline, please check out this link for more information: www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/stiff-person-syndrome-spserpretation

  • @lauraemonds8245
    @lauraemonds8245 Год назад +2

    Mine is..... C2 - c5 and then spreads...... Lound anything sets it off Stress sets it off.. and to the point that I wake up with broken ribs........ IT does BREAK BONES... normally in my sleep.....

  • @mariolaziarnik6972
    @mariolaziarnik6972 3 месяца назад

    I suffer from SPS. No one new about this health condition, until Celine Dione announced that she suffers from SPS. Around 23 years I was looking for an answer what is wrong with my health. By miracle I met a neurologist, who strigt away new, that it might be SPS. It was in Warsaw. He was right. It was in 2022. Most doctors had no idea, and still have a little knowledge, or they have no clue that SPS exist. 🤦😭

  • @marebare68
    @marebare68 8 месяцев назад +1

    I had neuropathy in my face hands and feet and felt like I was walking in water. It is a weird feeling. I slipped and fell in big puddle of plum sauce. Why is the treatment so.... costly.????

  • @ashleym1565
    @ashleym1565 Год назад +1

    Would the trunk muscle spasms feel like flutter inside? Could it affect esophagus/stomach?

    • @gayschaye4600
      @gayschaye4600 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yes. It can also cause the heart to flutter. Additionally there are times the front of my waist is pulling in towards my spine, under my rib cage, it is excruciating.

  • @ingridderas6642
    @ingridderas6642 Год назад +1

    Is GAD65 result

    • @JohnsHopkinsMedicine
      @JohnsHopkinsMedicine  Год назад

      For specific medical questions, we suggest reaching out to your doctor.

    • @GodsGraceSavesUs
      @GodsGraceSavesUs 2 месяца назад

      Some don’t have any positive GAD, so anything is a positive.

  • @RyanTheBondsman
    @RyanTheBondsman 11 месяцев назад

    Is there a direct email address for Dr. Newsome?

    • @JohnsHopkinsMedicine
      @JohnsHopkinsMedicine  11 месяцев назад +2

      Hi - you can reach his department at the following phone number: 410-614-1522

  • @michaelsabijon6527
    @michaelsabijon6527 Год назад +49

    Who came here because of Celine Dione? 🙋🏻‍♂️

    • @MrJabez89
      @MrJabez89 Год назад

      Your mother came

    • @SPS_survivor
      @SPS_survivor Год назад +4

      I came here because of me. I feel for her. I’ve been diagnosed for 13 years, after 7-8 years of misdiagnosis’ - try and keep smiling guys. Love from 🇬🇧

    • @ShivaSingh-jo9dj
      @ShivaSingh-jo9dj Год назад +2

      ​@@SPS_survivornow how r u I have diagnosed with sps before 1 month

    • @howlandent
      @howlandent Год назад

      We believe my mom has SPS, she has all of the symptoms but her tests come back ok. We are fighting to try to get her started on IVIG. If you would be willing to I would love to talk to you and ask you a few questions. I wish you the best. @@SPS_survivor

    • @KiKiQuiQuiKiKi
      @KiKiQuiQuiKiKi 9 месяцев назад

      I didn’t (I have two adult children with SPS) but do hope it will help in research and cure developments because of its association with such a beloved entertainer.

  • @sherylbreyman8935
    @sherylbreyman8935 6 месяцев назад

    Me 🖐️

  • @kforest2745
    @kforest2745 Год назад +1

    I have to wonder if it’s related to eating disorders

    • @KiKiQuiQuiKiKi
      @KiKiQuiQuiKiKi 9 месяцев назад +1

      It certainly isn’t caused by eating disorders but gastrointestinal manifestations are common.

    • @kforest2745
      @kforest2745 9 месяцев назад

      @@KiKiQuiQuiKiKi do they think it’s genetic or recreational drug use I wonder. I tend to think that drugs do a lot of damage long-term not the immediate future.

    • @KiKiQuiQuiKiKi
      @KiKiQuiQuiKiKi 9 месяцев назад

      @@kforest2745 I’m not following. Recreational drug use/SPS?

    • @kforest2745
      @kforest2745 9 месяцев назад

      @@KiKiQuiQuiKiKi yeah it’s always odd to suddenly develop something out of nowhere especially when it’s rare it’s gotta be drugs if it’s not genetic

    • @il3mendo
      @il3mendo 8 месяцев назад

      Diabetes mellitus 1 and celiac disease

  • @csantama
    @csantama Год назад

    that probably explains why I wake up with a stiffy