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   Can syringomyelia come back after surgery?

   • Syringomyelia can come back after surgery. You'll need regular exams with your healthcare team. You might need an MRI now and then to check the outcome of surgery. The syrinx can grow over time and may require more treatment. Even after treatment, some symptoms of syringomyelia can remain.

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   How does a syringomyelia affect the body?

   • A syringomyelia sometimes causes neurological conditions that decrease the ability to move. For instance, it may cause muscle weakness, pain, fatigue or stiffness. Physical and occupational therapy can help to improve muscle function. A physical therapist can create an exercise program that may help reduce these symptoms.

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   Can syringomyelia cause permanent neurological damage?

   • When your spinal cord develops a cyst filled with fluid, it’s called syringomyelia. Treatments for this condition can help relieve pain, but severe syringomyelia may leave permanent neurological damage. Syringomyelia is a rare disorder in which a fluid-filled cyst forms within your spinal cord.

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   Can syringomyelia cause numbness?

   • Over time, the syrinx can grow and compress on the spinal cord, which can interfere with the body's ability to send information to and from the brain. Syringomyelia often causes neurologic symptoms, such as weakness or numbness in various areas of the body. Regardless of the type of syringomyelia, symptoms might not occur for months or years.

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   What are the symptoms of syringomyelia?

   • If syringomyelia is caused by brain tissue pushing into the spinal canal, it is called a Chiari malformation. Symptoms generally begin between ages 25 and 40. In some cases, coughing or straining can trigger symptoms of syringomyelia, although neither causes syringomyelia. Syringomyelia might affect the back, shoulders, arms or legs.

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   Mar 20, 2024 · In some cases, coughing or straining can trigger symptoms of syringomyelia, although neither causes syringomyelia. Syringomyelia might affect the back, shoulders, arms or legs. Symptoms can include: Muscle weakness and muscle wasting. Loss of reflexes. Loss of sensitivity to pain and temperature. Headaches.

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   Symptoms can occur on one or both sides of your body and be mild or severe. Symptoms of syringomyelia include: Headaches. Pain down your arms, neck, into the middle of your back or your legs (radiculopathy). Progressive weakness and muscle atrophy in your arms and/or legs.

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   Sep 8, 2022 · Syringomyelia Causes. You get this condition ... Congenital syringomyelia, also called communicating syringomyelia, usually happens when there’s a ... to check whether the cyst has come back. ...

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   Jun 27, 2023 · Syringomyelia symptoms. Symptoms of this disorder are caused by the pressure the syrinx puts on the spinal cord and the damage that follows. They may include: progressive weakness and pain in the ...

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   Sep 23, 2024 · What is syringomyelia? Syringomyelia is a neurological disorder in which a fluid-filled cyst (syrinx) forms within the spinal cord. The syrinx can get big enough to damage the spinal cord and compress and injure the nerve fibers that carry information to and from the brain to the body. In syringomyelia, the watery liquid known as cerebrospinal ...

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   Mar 20, 2024 · Treating Chiari malformation. If syringomyelia is caused by a Chiari malformation, surgery might involve removing a small section of bone at the back of the skull. This surgery can reduce pressure on the brain and spinal cord and restore the regular flow of cerebrospinal fluid. Surgery may improve or clear syringomyelia.

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   Sep 10, 2024 · Pain. Progressive weakness in the arms and legs. Stiffness in the back, shoulders, neck, arms or legs. Headaches. Loss of sensitivity to pain or hot and cold, especially in the hands. Numbness or tingling. Balance issues. Loss of bowel and bladder control. Problems with sexual function.