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Rigidity

Rigidity

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How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

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How much muscle wall rigidity is normal?

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What is the definition or description of: Catatonic rigidity?

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Why spasticity affects the antigravitational muscles more while rigidity affects both similarly?

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What is the treatment for muscle rigidity?

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A 19-year old male asked:

I masturbate 2 times per day on average.while masturbating 1st time i do it while 2nd n 3rd it looks very hardly . so i feel i will not be able to perform sex and not satisfied about sex timing.how to get rigidity in penis and to quit masturbation?

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A 39-year old male asked:

I feel rigidity between my toes and feet though there is no pain.

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A 29-year old female asked:

My aunt age is 50yrs. She is feeling right knee pain when she sit on floor and stand up. She feels some rigidity at knee. no other isuues.

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A 33-year old male asked:

Full erction with partial rigidity & slightly bendable penis, venous insufficiancy (right veno occlusive failure) could you tell me treatment?

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A 25-year old female asked:

My dr said the prescribing of muscle relaxants for rigidity will have side effects worse than the rigidity and only for intense spasm. Is this true?

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A 37-year old asked:

Does rigidity of aterial walls give you high blood pressure?

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A 34-year old male asked:

Don't know what happening or what it is I've had two years of neck pain Day and night Rigidity Trouble moving left to right Pain up and down my neck. ?

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Will Abilify (aripiprazole) take away some if the muscular rigidity gotten from other ssri medications now stopped bc it is a partial dopa/sero antagonist?

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In "muscular rigidity" in serotonin syndrome are the muscles actually rigid to the touch?

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Can stress cause muscle rigidity? Last night i was having difficulty opening/closing hands

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A 25-year old female asked:

If a patient came to you complaining of muscle shrinkage, weakness, rigidity and tightness in spite of training what blood tests would you order?

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If you have hyperthermia, muscular rigidity and metabolic acidosis and the only med you are on is an ssri, is this a problem of medications?

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