What is Brown-Sequard syndrome?

Brown-Sequard syndrome is a rare condition that results from an injury to one side of the spinal cord. The spinal cord is damaged but is not severed.Symptoms include weakness/paralysis (hemiparaplegia) to one side of the body and a loss of sensation (hemianesthesia) to the opposite side of the body.

How do members experience Brown-Sequard syndrome?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Brown-Sequard syndrome*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for Brown-Sequard syndrome*

Who has Brown-Sequard syndrome on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 3
30s 8
40s 10
50s 28
60s 28
70+ 17

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 43
Female 55