LHERMITTE SIGN

Course overview

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) IS A CHRONIC, PREDOMINANTLY IMMUNE-MEDIATED DISEASE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN MS IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD AND UNDERTREATED. THIS ARTICLE FOCUSES ON REVIEWING ONE OF THE PAROXYSMAL PAIN SYNDROMES/SYMPTOMS, LHERMITTE'S SIGN, A TRANSIENT ELECTRIC SHOCK SENSATION DOWN THE SPINE AND EXTREMITIES CAUSED BY NECK FLEXION. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE DEFINITION, ETIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, CLINICAL AND PHYSICAL EXAM, CONSIDERATIONS AND TREATMENTS.