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George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

Answers in the thread. Never seen this.

I read about it in school, but holy crap.

Opisthotonus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opisthotonus

taiwan_girl

I was too scared to watch the video. The description in the Wiki link was enough. :eek

Renauda

Can tetanus or strychnine poisoning not manifest similarly?

Edit: I have now read the complete WiKi link and did some more digging. Yes both can. Carry on.

Not good.

Mik

Demonic possession?

jon-nyc

@George-K said in Today's Medical Mysterie:

Opisthotonus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opisthotonus

Opisthotonus is more pronounced in infants. Opisthotonus in the neonate may be a symptom of meningitis, tetanus, severe kernicterus, or the rare maple syrup urine disease.

I had never heard of this until it came out on my ‘carrier report’ from 23andMe.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

I'm surprised that they let this progress to this extent.

If this were my patients I'd paralyze them, ventilate and sedate - let the ID guys figure out how to deal with the toxins.

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