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Can lhermitte sign be felt every time neck is bent down...or could you just feel it three-four times in a day???and could it be positional...that only when you're sitting say crouched and then bend your head you feel any sensation???
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https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323889#seeing-a-doctor https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493237/ It can be intermittent. May be due to hyperexcitability/ compression which is more variable and positional or demyelination May also be associated with B12 deficiency so if vegetarian would check B12 . F/u/ w/ neurology to determine the cause and treatment if it can mitigated .
Answered 1/11/2022
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Lhermitte's sign is almost always intermittent and the frequency pattern is irrelevant. Causes due to spinal cord irritability include Multiple Sclerosis, Cervical Stenosis, Neuromyelitis Optica, MOGRAD, Pernicious Anemia. Prudence implies necessity to investigate cause and deal with implications.
Answered 1/12/2022
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