Symptoms of Arachnoiditis

Symptoms of Arachnoiditis

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Arachnoiditis includes the 21 symptoms listed below:

• Headache
• Pain
• Numbness
• Tingling
• Leg pain - a characteristic stinging and burning pain in the legs
• Severe headache
• Vision disturbances
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Pain
• Weakness
• Paralysis
• Loss of sensation in legs
• Loss of leg movement
• Muscle wasting
• Muscle weakness
• Involuntary muscle twitching
• Vision loss
• Paralysis
• Ossification of arachnoid membrane
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• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Arachnoiditis
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Arachnoiditis: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with Arachnoiditis:

• Intractable pain (see Pain)
• Neurological damage (see Cognitive impairment)
• Progressive paraplegia (see Paralysis symptoms)
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More about symptoms of Arachnoiditis:

More information about symptoms of Arachnoiditis and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Arachnoiditis
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Arachnoiditis
• Underlying causes of Arachnoiditis

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Dizziness - see all causes of Dizziness
• Headache - see all causes of Headache
• Leg pain - see all causes of Leg pain
• Muscle wasting - see all causes of Muscle atrophy
• Muscle weakness - see all causes of Muscle weakness
• Nausea - see all causes of Nausea
• Numbness - see all causes of Numbness
• Pain - see all causes of Pain
• Pain - see all causes of Pain
• Paralysis - see all causes of Paralysis symptoms
• Paralysis - see all causes of Paralysis symptoms
• Severe headache - see all causes of Severe headache
• Tingling - see all causes of Tingling
• Vision disturbances - see all causes of Vision changes
• Vision loss - see all causes of Vision loss
• Vomiting - see all causes of Vomiting
• Weakness - see all causes of Weakness

Medical Books Online about Arachnoiditis

Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Arachnoiditis are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Arachnoiditis.

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Symptoms of Arachnoiditis: Online Medical Books

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Meningococcal infections: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Features of meningococcal bacteremia include sudden spiking fever, headache, sore throat, cough, chills, myalgia (in back and legs), arthralgia, tachycardia, tachypnea, mild hypotension, and a petechial, nodular, or maculopapular rash. Headache and stiff neck can also occur as the infection extends to the meninges.

In about 10% to 20% of patients, the disease progresses to fulminating meningococcemia, with extreme prostration, enlargement of skin lesions, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and shock. Without prompt treatment, death from respiratory or heart failure occurs in 6 to 24 hours.

Characteristics of the rare chronic meningococcemia include intermittent fever, rash, joint pain, and an enlarged spleen.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Tuberculosis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

After an incubation period of 4 to 8 weeks, TB is usually asymptomatic in primary infection but may produce nonspecific symptoms, such as fatigue, weakness, anorexia, weight loss, night sweats, and low-grade fever.

ELDER TIP Fever and night sweats, the typical hallmarks of TB, may not be present in elderly patients, who instead may exhibit a change in activity or weight. Assess older patients carefully.

In reactivation, symptoms may include a cough that produces mucopurulent sputum, occasional hemoptysis, and chest pains.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Encephalitis: Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Sudden onset of fever, headache, vomiting, meningeal irritation (stiff neck and back), drowsiness, coma, paralysis, seizures, ataxia, psychoses

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

West Nile encephalitis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Mild infections of the virus are more common and include fever, headache, and body aches, usually accompanied by a skin rash and swollen lymph glands. Severe infections can be manifested by headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, occasional convulsions, paralysis and, rarely, death.

The incubation period for West Nile encephalitis is anywhere from 5 to 15 days after exposure. Most patients who are bitten by an infected mosquito won’t develop symptoms. It's estimated that only 1 in 300 people who are bitten by an infected mosquito will actually get sick.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Meningitis: Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Nuchal rigidity, Brudzinski’s and Kernig’s signs, exaggerated deep tendon reflexes, opisthotonos, sinus arrhythmias, irritability, photophobia, deep stupor, coma

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Tuberculosis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

❑ In primary infection, after an incubation period of 4 to 8 weeks, TB is usually asymptomatic but may produce nonspecific symptoms, such as fatigue, weakness, anorexia, weight loss, night sweats, and low-grade fever.

❑ In reactivation, symptoms may include a cough that produces mucopurulent sputum, occasional hemoptysis, and chest pains.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Encephalitis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

All viral forms of encephalitis have similar clinical features, although certain differences do occur.

Usually, the acute illness begins with sudden onset of fever, headache, and vomiting and progresses to include signs and symptoms of meningeal irritation (stiff neck and back) and neuronal damage (drowsiness, coma, paralysis, seizures, ataxia, and organic psychoses). After the acute phase of the illness, coma may persist for days or weeks.

The severity of arbovirus encephalitis may range from subclinical to rapidly fatal necrotizing disease. Herpes encephalitis also produces signs and symptoms that vary from subclinical to acute and commonly fatal fulminating disease. Associated effects include disturbances of taste or smell.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

West Nile encephalitis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Mild WNV infections are more common than severe infections and include symptoms such as fever, headache, and body aches, often accompanied by swollen lymph glands and a skin rash. Severe infections present with symptoms such as headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, occasional convulsions, paralysis and, rarely, death.

The incubation period for West Nile encephalitis is 5 to 15 days after exposure.

CLINICAL TIP: Researchers estimate that only 1 in 300 people who are bitten by a mosquito infected with WNV actually develops the disease.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Arachnoiditis:

Symptoms include numbness, tingling, and a characteristic stinging and burning pain in the legs. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Arachnoiditis Information Page: NINDS)

Arachnoiditis as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Arachnoiditis, it is also important to consider Arachnoiditis as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Arachnoiditis may cause:

• Acute confusional state
• Chronic brain failure
• Cranial nerve disorder
• Diabetes insipidus, non-nephrogenic
• Fits
• Galactorrhoea-Hyperprolactinaemia
• Headache
• Hyperventilation
• Kernig's sign positive
• Meningism
• Neck stiffness
• Oligoclonal bands (CSF)
• Opisthotonus
• Photophobia
• Raised intracranial pressure
• Reduced level of consciousness
• Sensorineural hearing loss
• SIADH
• Spastic ataxia

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Arachnoiditis
• How serious is Arachnoiditis?
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• Online Diagnosis
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• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
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About signs and symptoms of Arachnoiditis:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Arachnoiditis. This signs and symptoms information for Arachnoiditis has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Arachnoiditis signs or Arachnoiditis symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Arachnoiditis may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Arachnoiditis symptoms.