Possible ACM Symptoms
My pre-op symptoms were:
Numbness and tingling in my hands, loss of balance, extreme fatigue, sleep
apnea, chronic cough, troubles swallowing, trouble breathing, neck stiffness
and pain, general sick feeling, loss of coordination in my hands and legs,
pounding headaches from coughing, laughing, and any kind of straining.
Below is a general symptoms list compiled by <A HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Ronny Watt</A> from the World Arnold
Chiari Malformation Association.
Arnold Chiari Malformation Type 1
A survey of symptoms and their rate of occurrence in an affected random
population.
Symptoms (unconfirmed) as reported by patient group of 36:
SymptomsSYMPTOMS
% OF
RESPONDENTS
HEADACHE 90
FATIGUE 90
LOSS OF VISION 81
TINGLING IN EXTREMITIES 81
GENERAL IMBALANCE 77
GENERAL CLUMSINESS 77
MEMORY LOSS 77
RESTRICTED MOVEMENT 74
INTOLERANCE TO BRIGHT LIGHT 74
VERTIGO FROM POSITION CHANGE 74
DIFFICULTY WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND 74
MOTOR SKILLS DYSFUNCTION 74
DIFFICULTY DRIVING 74
DIFFICULTY NEGOTIATING STEPS 71
PRESSURE ON NECK 71
PAIN/PRESSURE BEHIND EYES 71
BACK PAIN (previous back injury 35%) 71
NECK SPASMS 68
SPOTS IN VISION 68
IMSOMNIA 61
RINGING IN EARS 61
DIFFICULTY ADJUSTING TO LIGHT CHANGE 61
SWAYING 61
PAIN WHEN CHANGING POSITION 61
NYSTAGMUS 58
TINGLING FEELINGS IN HEAD 58
INTOLERANCE TO LOUD/CONFUSING SOUNDS 58
DECREASED SENSATION IN EXTREMITIES 58
PAIN ALONG EAR/EYE/JAWLINE 55
DOUBLE VISION 55
DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING 55
DROOLING 55
SPONTANEOUS VERTIGO 55
HAND TREMORS 55
POOR BLOOD CIRCULATIONS 55
SINUS/MUCOUS PROBLEMS 55
SLEEP APNEA 55
DECREASED MUSCLE TONE 55
PRESSURE IN EARS 52
NAUSEA 52
THROBBING IN NECK 52
DIFFICULTY READING TEXT 52
DEPTH PERCEPTION PROBLEMS 52
INTENSE BURNING IN EXTREMITIES 52
MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS 49
FLUID-LIKE SOUND IN EARS 48
LOSS OF SEXUAL INTEREST/SENSATION 48
PULLING SENSATION WHILE STANDING/SITTING 48
SHOOTING PAIN IN NECK 45
INTENSE ITCHINESS W/ PROFUSE SWEATING 45
"STARS" IN VISION 45
SLURRED SPEECH 45
GAG REFLEX PROBLEMS 45
PANIC ATTACKS 45
VERTIGO FROM NERVOUSNESS 42
SHOOTING PAIN IN HEAD 42
SEE "HALOS" 39
DIFFICULTY FEELING GROUND UNDER FEET 39
TIGHTNESS IN CHEST 39
LOSS OF BLADDER CONTROL 35
PRESSURE ON CHEST 35
DEHYDRATION 35
DIFFICULTY LOCATING FOOT POSITION 35
FOOT DROP 32
DROP ATTACKS 32
ELECTRIC-LIKE BURNING SENSATIONS 26
UNEQUAL PUPIL SIZE 26
LOSS OF TASTE 26
POPPING/CRACKING SOUNDS IN NECK 13
LOSS OF SMELL 10
DRY SKIN AND LIPS 10
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