Athetosis
Overview
Athetosis is a continuous stream of slow, sinuous, writhing movements, typically of the hands and feet. Movements typical to athetosis are sometimes called athetoid movements.
Athetosis
more about Athetosis
This is the medical term for a condition in which there is constant, slow, involuntary, writhing movement of the fingers/hands or feet/toes.
Paroxysmal choreoathetosis is a movement disorder characterized by episodes or attacks of involuntary movements of the limbs, trunk, and facial muscles. The disorder may occur in several members of a family, or in only a single family member.
Alternate Names : Uncontrolled movements, Involuntary body movements, Body movements - uncontrollable, Dyskinesia, Athetosis
Definition ...
Athetosis
Slow, involuntary movements of the hands and feet.
Abrasion
Loss of tooth structure caused by a hard toothbrush, poor brushing technique, or Bruxism (grinding or clenching the teeth).
athetosis
tss noun repeated slow movements of the limbs caused by a brain disorder such as cerebral palsy
athletes foot ...
athetosis - slow, involuntary movements of the hands and feet.
atonic colon (Also called lazy colon.) - lack of normal muscle tone or strength in the colon caused by the overuse of laxatives or by Hirschsprung's disease; ...
Athetosis: Involuntary writhing movements particularly of the arms and hands.
Athetosis, DCP 3 (CDER), EIA, Dehydroascorbic Acid, Euglycaemic Clamp, Exolipase, Fluorometholone, Fruit, Glycoside Antibiotics, Gustatory Partial Seizure, Heart Arrest, Herpesvirus 2, Human, Hypertensions, Renal, Incontinence, Urinary Stress, ...
Athetosis: Athetosis is a slow, writing movement that a person cannot control. These movements flow into one another, so it looks almost like a dance.
Athetosis
A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes. [Webster]
Athrepsia ...
Choreoathetosis self-mutilation syndrome
Complete HPRT deficiency
Complete hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency
Deficiency of guanine phosphoribosyltransferase
Deficiency of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase ...
Chorea, Athetosis, and Hemiballismus
Dystonias
Generalized dystonia (dystonia musculorum deformans) ...
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Choreoathetosis is quite common. In the majority of cases, intelligence is normal: around 30% of patients have learning difficulties or moderate intellectual deficiency.
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athetosis, which describes the inability to keep a muscle group in one position. A person with this condition has continuous, slow, writhing movements. These are usually noticed in the arms or legs.
It commonly causes chorea and athetosis. Personality, emotional, and thinking changes are also common.
kernicterus, a condition that may occur in newborns as a rare complication of jaundice, or yellow eyes and skin ...
Athetoid cerebral palsy - athetosis means uncontrolled movements, which often lead to erratic movements.
Ataxic cerebral palsy - this is the least common type of cerebral palsy. Ataxia means a lack of balance and coordination.
double athetosis
medical dictionary
A type of cerebral palsy manifested predominantly as bilateral involuntary movements, beginning at about the age of 3 years, and preceded by generalised hypotonia and delayed motor development.
The slow sinuous twisting movements of muscles (athetosis) or sustained muscle contraction (dystonia) may be caused by a number of conditions, including cerebral palsy, encephalitis, drug side effects, a liver disease called hepatic encephalopathy, ...
Neurologic movement abnormalities may include uncontrolled, irregular, rapid, jerky movements (chorea) and athetosis, a condition characterized by relatively slow, writhing involuntary movements.
abnormal involuntary movements (Tremor, Spasm, Fasciculation, Athetosis) - Gait abnormality - lack of coordination (Ataxia, Dysmetria, Dysdiadochokinesia, Hypotonia) - Tetany - Meningism - Hyperreflexia
Urinary system ...
choreoathetosis (involuntary purposeless and uncontrollable movements), dystonia
spasticity (sudden, involuntary muscle spasms)
ataxia (inability to coordinate movements)
intellectual impairment may or may not be present
variable life span.
Dystonia; Involuntary slow and twisting movements; Choreoathetosis; Leg and arm movements - uncontrollable; Arm and leg movements - uncontrollable; Slow involuntary movements of large muscle groups; Athetoid movements
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Affected infants may have severe developmental delay, weak muscle tone (hypotonia), muscle stiffness, difficulty moving, and involuntary writhing movements of the limbs (athetosis).
Fahr syndrome thus involves abnormalities of the neurologic system (cerebral calcification, dementia, spastic paraplegia, athetosis), skull (microcephaly, i.e. an abnormally small head), eyes (glaucoma, optic nerve atrophy, retinitis pigmentosa), ...
Other abnormal movements that may develop throughout the course of the disease include slower, writhing movements of the arms and legs (known as athetosis), ...
Eventually intellectual impairment; loss of fine motor control; ATHETOSIS; and diffuse CHOREA involving axial and limb musculature develops, leading to a vegetative state within 10-15 years of disease onset.
Chorea is characterized by brief, irregular contractions that are not repetitive ... Chorea often occurs with athetosis, which adds twisting and writhing movements. ...
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Abnormally increased muscle tone or spasm (myoclonus)
Blindness or visual disturbance
Dementia
Mental retardation with decreasing mental function
Movement disorder (choreoathetosis)
Seizures
Unsteady gait (ataxia) ...
syndrome may be characterized by temporary (transient) hemiplegia of varying degrees; temporary paralysis of the muscles that control eye movement (transient ocular palsies); sudden, involuntary movements of limbs and facial muscles (choreoathetosis); ...
There are two parts to the movement disorder associated with Huntingtons disease: the presence of involuntary movements, and the impairment of voluntary movements. The involuntary movements are called chorea, or choreoathetosis, ...
Symptoms may worsen during times of emotional stress and typically go away during sleep. Movements can be rapid and jerky (chorea) or writhing (athetosis) or can involve staying in an abnormal position (dystonia).
Lesions of the basal ganglia produce various types of involuntary movements such as athetosis, chorea, dystonia, and tremor.
About 10% to 20% of all cerebral palsy cases are the dyskinetic form, which is characterized by abnormal involuntary movements, especially slow, twisting, writhing movements (athetosis), seen most often in young children and adults.
Dystonia, athetosis, and chorea are forms of dyskinesias.Dysphagiadifficulty in swallowing.Dystoniainvoluntary spasms of muscle contraction, which cause abnormal movements and postures.
 See also: Symptom, Ataxia, Dementia, Chorea, Dysarthria
  
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