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Reason For Curling In Fetal Position? Unable To Find Problem
i have a cousin who is in Sanford hospital in Fargo N.D and the doctors are unable to find out what is causing her to curl in a fetal position . they have run tests and sent them to the Mayo hospital and still can t seem to find the problem. they do plan on doing a spinal to see if they could find the problem on what is causing the problem.
Thu, 14 Feb 2013
You do not mention if she has pain and does this for relief, or wether it is just habit! If she is doing it for relief of symptoms or pain it is a neurological problem ( damage to the nervous system). If not it might be a psychological problem, which means they will not find a physical abnormality , for this she will have to see a psychiatrist for behavioral modification .
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