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Opisthotonos |
| Overview Treatment |
| Home Care: |
| Hospital care is required for a person who develops opisthotonos. |
| Call your health care provider if: |
| Go to the emergency room, or see your physician immediately if this symptom occurs! Typically, however, opisthotonos is a symptom that follows late in the course of other conditions which are serious enough that medical attention will already have been sought. |
| What to expect at your health care provider's office: |
| This condition will be evaluated in a hospital setting. Emergency measures will be taken as appropriate. The medical history will be obtained, and a physical examination will be performed. Medical history questions documenting opisthotonos in detail may include:
The cause of the opisthotonos will be suggested by the history and physical examination. Diagnostic tests may include:
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