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General:
Pain:
♂ Fatigue
♂ Sleep Disturbance
♂ Restless Legs Syndrome
♂ Impaired Memory
♂ Impaired Concentration
♂ Nervousness
♂ Depression
♂ Leg Cramps
♂ Disorientation
♂ Word Finding Difficulty
¤ Headache
  ¤ Suboccipital (below back of brain)
  ¤ Migraine
  ¤ Temporal (temple)
  ¤ Muscle contraction.Tension
  ¤ Retro-Bulbar (behind eyes)
¤ Facial
¤ Neck
¤ Chest
¤ Back
¤ Thoracolumbar (mid-back & Lower Back Vertebrae)
¤ Flank/iliac crest (side of body between ribs & pelvis)
¤ Muscle Pain
¤ Joint Pain
Appendicular Pain:
Spinal:
φ Upper Extremity
   ˚Shoulder
   ˚Burning
   ˚Formication (sensation of skin crawing)
φ Lower Extremity
   ˚Dysesthesiae (sensation impairment), burning pain
   ˚Plantar (sole of foot)
   ˚Buttock
   ˚Thigh
   ˚Calves
   ˚Ankles
φ Burning, aching, dysesthetic electric
φ Lhermitte's (tingling, shock-like sensation)
φ Intersapular (between shoulders)
† Motor
   ‡ Upper extremity weakness
   ‡ Lower extremity weakness
   ‡ stiffness
† Sensory
   ‡ Upper extremity numbness
   ‡ arms only
   ‡ chest
   ‡ trunk only
   ‡ Lower extremity Numbness
   ‡ Legs only
   ‡ Hemisensory (slight paralysis of sensation)
   ‡ Parasthesiae (abnormal sensation-burning, prickling)
† Ataxia (failure of musle coordination)
† Bowel dysfunction
† Urinary
   ‡ Incontinence (inability to control excretory functions)
   ‡ Frequeny
   ‡ Hesitancy
† Sexual dysfunction
Cranial Nerve/Brainstem:
Drop Attacks:
ε Ocular (eye)
   л Sixth nerve paresis (slight paralysis)
   л Diplopia (double vision)
   л Blurred Vision
ε Nystagmus (rapid eye movement)
ε Otoneurological (having to do with ears)
   л Hearing loss
   л Hyperausis (abnormally acute hearing)
   л Tinnitus (noise in ear)
   л Vertigo (sensation of spinning)
   л Dizziness
   л Dysequilibrium (imbalance)
ζ Drop Attacks
Myelopathic:
Autonomic Changes:
§ May be asymmetrical (dissimilarity in corresponding parts)
§ Often worse with exertion
§ Worse in the A.M.
§ Worse at night
§ Burning
§ Usually bilateral
§ Feeling of "tightness"
§ Feeling of "stiffness"
§ Legs about to "collapse"
∞ Facial
   £ Flushing
   £ Lacrimation (secretions/discharge of tears)
   £ Sweating
   £ Pupillary change
∞ Sympathetic: Frequent
   £ Dry eys
   £ Raynaud's Phenomenon (elevated cold sensitivity in the extremities)
Other:
 

≠ Sleep Apnea
≠ Nausea and/or Vomiting
≠ Syncope (faint, temporary loss of consciousness)
≠ Lethargy (drowsiness)
≠ Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
≠ Dysarthria (imperfect tear secretion, skin blotching, emotional instability,
   motor incoordination, weakened reflexes)