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 1
30s 10
40s 8
50s 27
60s 28
70+ 20

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 43
Female 55

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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.



Common symptoms reported by people with Brown-Sequard syndrome

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

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.
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Treatments taken by people for Brown-Sequard syndrome

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Compare treatments taken by people with Brown-Sequard syndrome

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Who has Brown-Sequard syndrome on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 87 say Brown-Sequard syndrome is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 10
40s 8
50s 27
60s 28
70+ 20
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 2
20-29 years 2
30-39 years 5
40-49 years 5
50-59 years 3
60-69 years 1
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 43
Female 55

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 21
Not Diagnosed 0

These charts show data from Brown-Sequard syndrome patients who have completed their condition history
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