Saturday, November 21, 2009

More Symptoms of PDS

Agoraphobia, claustrophobia, space perception difficulties, false sensation of movement.

Consequences in everyday life:

Patients don´t like shopping in large commercial areas or using elevators.

They would rather use roads than highways to drive to their destinations (which seems a paradox).

They don't feel comfortable crossing large squares if there is not a monument in its center.

They show difficulties while parking their cars.

They have a false sensation of rearing movement while in stopped cars (despite no movement of other cars next to them).

Patients grind their teeth during sleep. This is due to a loss of control of the muscles of the mouth. The brain has the wrong information and believes the muscles are relaxed in excess. It then sends a neurological output to contract them. Some patients can´t open their mouth properly and have problems eating solid food.

PDS SYMPTOMS

PDS Symptoms are the direct consequency of a dysfunction of the proprioceptive system.

Symptoms are multiple because proprioceptive system is one of the widest systems of our body.

We can identify 7 main kinds of symptoms:

1- Muscular Pain



This includes headhache,migraine,neckpain,chestpain,spinepaine,limbspain,sciática (due to compression of the sciatic nerve by the piriforme muscle)



2-Unbalance



This includes, vertigo,dizziness, disequilibrium



3-Neurovascular Symptoms



This includes, palenesse of the face, cold but sweated hands even in Summer, Reynaud Syndrome.



4-Sensorial dysfunctions



This includes, perception deafness,auditive retarded perception (people need more time than usual,to understand what speakers are saying in spite of a good auditive acuity),footplantar sensation of pain but without lesion, skinhyperalgia, false sensation of rear mouvement in stopped cars.



5-Neuropsychic symptoms



This Includes agorofobia,claustrofobia, orientation difficulties,tiredness,depression non responding to antidepressive drugs,Anxiety.





6-Learning dificulties



This Includes dyslexia,disortography,disgraphy, lack of attention,hyperactivity.





7-Wrong perception of the body and space



This includes innermouth biting, unexplained falls down, collision against tables,chairs doors and others objects.



There are also digestive symptoms (nausea,vomits,alternating obstipation and diarrea)