Johnston Syndrome

Johnston's syndrome is a rare movement disorder in which a child under one year old holds his hands the same, feels and laughs well, smiles and responds to speech. As long as all these signs are absent, the pathology is not noticeable. But then deviations become noticeable or even noticeable (for example, limited arm abduction, awkwardness when crawling).

It is believed that the inability

Johnston syndrome is a rare genetically determined neurological defect that manifests itself in paralysis of the muscles of the right half of the body with a mirror image of the left. The disease manifests itself simultaneously with right-sided paralysis, which can be reversible. This condition, also known as Barack-Joston syndrome, is characterized by left-sided paraplegia and symmetrical brainstem paralysis of part of the spinal cord. It is associated with chronic intracerebral arteriopathy at the level of the middle cerebral artery, manifested by congenital asymmetric arterial paucity of the upper limbs and shoulder. Joston syndromes have previously been associated with obesity of the right arm, leading to the development of left paralysis. "Patients usually have