Decorticate Posturing While Sleeping
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Decorticate posturing while sleeping. Decorticate posturing is a sign of severe damage to the central nervous system more specifically to the brain. Although decorticate posture is serious it is usually not as serious as a type of abnormal posture called decerebrate posture. Causes of decorticate posture and sleeping problems.
The posturing may occur on one or both sides of the body. This abnormal posturing makes a person suffer from clenched fists bent arms and legs that are held out straight. Decorticate posturing is a posturing that indicates a severe damage in the brain.
Patients with decorticate posturing present with the arms flexed or bent inward on the chest the hands are clenched into fists and the legs extended and feet turned inward. Decorticate posturing is also called decorticate response decorticate rigidity flexor posturing or colloquially mummy baby. If a family member or friend is involuntarily displaying this posturing.