hyperreflexia

It is the opposite of a condition called hyperreflexia.

Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of autonomic hyperreflexia.

The most common cause of autonomic hyperreflexia is spinal cord injury.

It may be used to alleviate symptoms such as muscle spasms, pain, and hyperreflexia.

Kirby is diagnosed with hyperreflexia and must be hospitalized.

The following conditions share many similar symptoms with autonomic hyperreflexia, but have a different cause:

Lhermitte's sign (intermittent shooting electrical sensation) and hyperreflexia may be present.

Prevention of autonomic hyperreflexia includes avoiding medications that cause this condition or make it worse.

Approximately 25 percent also have abnormally exaggerated reflex responses (hyperreflexia), particularly in the legs.

A person with symptoms of autonomic hyperreflexia should:

These may include drowsiness, coma or hyperreflexia.

Another abnormality commonly found upon clinical examination is a brisk reflex action known as hyperreflexia.

If one of the three central nervous system pathways is affected, symptoms can include numbness, reduced sensation, and hyperreflexia.

Phases 3 and 4 are characterized by hyperreflexia, or abnormally strong reflexes usually produced with minimal stimulation.

These include hyperreflexia, hypertonia and muscle weakness.

Exaggeration of reflexes (hyperreflexia), and an unstable way of walking (gait) may also occur.

Autonomic hyperreflexia is a reaction of the autonomic (involuntary) nervous system to overstimulation.

In cases of hyperreflexia, the physician may place his finger on top of the tendon, and tap the finger with the hammer.

Sometimes a reflex hammer may not be necessary to elicit hyperreflexia, with finger tapping over the tendon being sufficient as a stimulus.

The symptoms include tremors, hypertonia, hyperreflexia, hyperactivity, and vomiting and may last for up to three to six months.

People with autonomic hyperreflexia due to medications usually recover when the medications that are causing the symptoms are stopped.

Exaggerated reflexes (hyperreflexia)

Somatic effects: myoclonus (muscle twitching), hyperreflexia (manifested by clonus), tremor.

Common signs of SPS found during assessment are hypertonia, hyperreflexia and rigidity of muscles.

It is characterized by acute onset of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, disturbance of consciousness, hyperreflexia or Babinski's sign.