RE: L'Hermittes

Weissman, Peter (PWeissman(AT)Richter.ca)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:04:46 -0400

L'hermittes is the medical profession's name for an electrical pulling
feeling that patients experience when they lower their chin to their
chest. For me it was as if someone was pulling my spinal cord and
sending an electric charge through it. The feeling went down my arms,
my spine, my hips and, sometine, to my feet.
Apparently, L'hermittes is an indicator of a few possible spinal cord
problems including, spinal cord compression, spinal stenosis, MS and TM.
The severity of hte L'hermittes is different in everyone who has it but
not all patients with these problems have it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: a d [SMTP:zawatanao(AT)yahoo.com]
> Sent: July 17, 1998 1:39 AM
> To: Weissman, Peter
> Subject: RE: L'Hermittes
>
>
> What exactly are l'hermittes????
>
>
>
> ---"Weissman, Peter" <PWeissman(AT)Richter.ca> wrote:
> >
> > My L'hermitte's got better after I took low do
> > ses (75mg) of Clomipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant.
> > > ----------
> > > From: SouthKen(AT)aol.com[SMTP:SouthKen(AT)aol.com]
> > > Sent: July 11, 1998 9:43 PM
> > > To: MichelleVM(AT)aol.com tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> > > Subject: Re: L'Hermittes
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Yep - it's annoying! :) Mine lasted about eight months - then one
> day
> > > I woke
> > > up and it was gone. I never did anything to make it go away. I
> wish
> > > I had a
> > > quick fix - hang in there - it should leave someday.
> > >
> > > K
> > >
> >
> >
>
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