Hard to bend joints due to stiff muscles

Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

• Involuntary movements

• Fine tremor of the fingers

• Muscle weakness in the limbs

• Numbness / sensory disorder

• Impossible to walk normally

• Back pain

• Abnormal sensation (tingling, prickling)

• Disorder of consciousness

• Head injury

• Seizure attack

• Unilateral blindness

• Neck pain / stiffness

• Spasticity

  Spasticity is abnormal muscle tightness due to prolonged muscle contraction. IIt is usually associated with damage to the spinal cord, brain or nerves.

• Influenza

  An infection causes by the influenza virus which usually affects the respiratory tract (nose-windpipe-lungs).

• Spinal cord tumor

  A spinal tumor is a tumor that develops within the spinal canal or the bones of the spine. It can be life-threatening and cause permanent disability. Causes include environmental toxins, certain inherited syndromes, such as neurofibromatosis 2 and von Hippel-Lindau disease.

• Brain edema

• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Striatal substantia nigra degeneration
• Muscular dystrophy
• Scleroderma
• Parkinson disease (PD)

• Cerebral hemorrhage

  This is a life-threatening condition where there is bleeding into the tissues or spaces in the brain. It is a type of stroke. Causes include high blood pressure, dilated and weak blood vessels, bleeding from a tumour and head trauma. Risk factors include hypertension, excessive alcohol consumption and diabetes.