Hearing
up to 95% of all cases.
Balance
88%
of sufferers are affected. In Fearnley’s review they found that of
these cases, 56% involved were both limbs and gait, while 44% were
predominantly gait.
Dementia
It
is rated at 24% in survivors. This problem in one where medication
can be prescribed to help lessen the chance of catching it. Folic
Acid and assorted Vitamin B supplements are the usual medication.
Bladder
& Bowels
Also
rated at 24% possibility
Anosmia
Anosmia,
or the lack of ability to smell, is listed conservatively at 17%.
Sensory
Signs
The
failure of the senses is rated at 13%.
Anisocoria
Anisocoria,
is when one pupil of the eye is larger than the other and is rated at
least 10%
Other
effects
Following
these are many more sideline effects which rate without percentages.
They include bilateral sciatica pain down the backs of both legs from
the sciatica nerve in the lower spine. This is possibly connected in
some way to lower back pain, another complaint. Also tensioned neck
and extra – ocular motor palsies ( eye movements and cross eyeness
). Other complaints have showed up including a TIA or mini stroke in
an otherwise perfectly healthy man and quite a variety of eye
problems from a complete lack of vision in one eye to speedy
deterioration of short, and or, long distance vision.
Headaches are
another definite further problem. These may be temple located or
alternatively may be at the rear and base of the skull in the
proximity of the cerebellum. Coupled with this, many sufferers
develop migraines.
A common side effect of SS is the complete
change of sleeping patterns which may show up as irregular or
interrupted sleep, or may be the opposite – long periods of sound
sleep. Some survivors report being able to always soundly sleep up to
13 or 14 hours every night. Many say they need midday naps but this
generally effects night time sleeping habits in some way and
therefore mid day breaks are best if only a rest is taken, without
sleeping.
The author finds that dusk and nightime are the worst
periods for balance. It is particularly important to make maximum use
of lights to navigate during hours of darkness, especially in narrow
passageways and doorways. Outside, over irregular terrain, without a
light is a definite no-no.
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