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Opistótonos - Treatment

Cuidados en el hogar:

Una persona que padezca opistótonos necesitará atención en un hospital.

Cuándo contactar a un profesional médico:

Si este síntoma se presenta, acuda al servicio de urgencias o llame al número local de emergencias (como el 911 en los Estados Unidos). Normalmente, el opistótonos es un síntoma de otras afecciones que son bastante serias como para que la persona busque atención médica.

Lo que se puede esperar en el consultorio médico:

Esta afección se evalúa en un hospital y se pueden tomar las medidas de emergencia necesarias.

El médico elaborará la historia médica y realizará un examen físico para buscar la causa del opistótonos.

Algunas de las preguntas de la historia clínica pueden ser:

  • ¿Cuándo empezó este comportamiento?
  • ¿Se adopta siempre el mismo tipo de postura?
  • ¿Qué otros síntomas precedieron o se presentaron con la postura anormal (como fiebre, cuello rígido o dolor de cabeza)?
  • ¿Existe algún antecedente reciente de enfermedad?

El examen físico incluirá una evaluación completa del sistema nervioso.

Los exámenes pueden incluir:

  • Reviewed last on: 4/1/2011
  • Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Chiriboga CA. HIV, fetal alcohol and drug effects, and the battered child. In: Rowland LP, Merritt HH, eds. Merritt's Neurology. 12th ed. Baltimore, Md: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.

Patterson MC, Johnson WG. Lysosomal and other storage diseases. In: Rowland LP, Merritt HH, eds. Merritt's Neurology. 12th ed. Baltimore, Md: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.

Layzer RB, Rowland LP. Muscle cramps and stiffness. Merritt's Neurology. 12th ed. Baltimore, Md: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009:chap 145.

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