Dystonia, cranial: A term used to describe dystonia that affects the muscles of the head, face, and neck. Oromandibular dystonia affects the muscles of the jaw, lips, and tongue.
Dystonia disease
Dystonia is an extremely rare disease which causes involuntary muscle contractions. As a result of these muscle contractions, the person affected could have continuously repeated movements or poor and awkward posture.
Dystonia
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Dystonia by body part
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Dystonia At A Glance
Dystonia At A Glance
Dystonia disorders cause involuntary movements and prolonged muscle contraction, resulting in twisting body motions, tremor, and abnormal posture.
Dystonia - Symptoms
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About Dystonia
Dystonia is a rare movement disorder in which involuntary, prolonged muscle contractions cause twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures. The movements are sometimes painful. General dystonia involves the entire body.
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Rare dystonias
Paroxysmal dystonia - this type of dystonia is not present all the time but occurs in unpredictable attacks. These may be rare or many times a day.
Focal Dystonia
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Focal Dystonia
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Focal dystonia DYT7 type is characterized by predominantly cervical and laryngeal dystonia, and postural tremor. Prevalence is unknown but the disease was first reported in seven members of a large Northwestern German family.
Cervical dystonia (say: serv-ical dis-tone-ee-a) is a condition in which the muscles in the neck contract, twisting the head to one side and pulling the chin to the shoulder.
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Alternate Names : 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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Definition of medical terminology for Hypnogenic Paroxysmal Dystonias.
A parasomnia characterized by paroxysmal episodes of choreoathetotic, ballistic, dystonic movements, and semipurposeful activity.
early childhood onset autosomal dominant dystonia
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Synonyms: dopa-responsive dystonia
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Muscle dystonia is involuntary muscle contraction in response to muscle stretch.
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Dystonia: Involuntary movements and prolonged muscle contraction, resulting in twisting body motions, tremor, and abnormal posture. These movements may involve the entire body, or only an isolated area.
Dystonia
Introduction
Dystonia is a neurological disorder causing involuntary, sustained muscle contractions that result in repetitive movements, twisting and abnormal postures. An estimated 300,000 people in North America have dystonia.
Dystonias are caused by dysfunctioning of the basal ganglia of the brain. This is where messages that initiate muscle contractions are processed. Factors that may cause focal dystonia include: ...
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Dystonia tends to become more severe during the first months or years after onset, and may spread to other regions, especially the jaw, arm, or leg.
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Dystonia, a movement disorder in which muscles contract involuntarily
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Torsion dystonia is a muscle-control disorder with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, which means it takes only one defective gene to create the possibility of the disease.
Cervical dystonia (abnormal spasms of neck muscles)
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Cervical dystonia (also known as spasmodic torticollis) is a problem where abnormal movements develop in the muscles of the neck. It most often occurs in people over the age of 40.
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Haloperidol appears to cause fewer extrapyramidal side effects (akathisia, cogwheeling, rigidity, dystonias, and akinesias) when administered intravenously.
A variety of medications have been used to treat rigidity, spasticity, and dystonia, all with modest success at best.
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Spasmodic torticollis (ST) is a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary, intermittent, or prolonged muscle contractions (dystonia) of the neck muscles that lead to abnormal postures and movement of the head.
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A disorder that involves involuntary muscle contractions is also called a dystonia; therefore, another name for spasmodic dysphonia is laryngeal dystonia.
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Spasmodic dysphonia, also called laryngeal dystonia, is a voice disorder. It is characterized by involuntary spasms or movements in the muscles of the larynx, which causes the voice to break, and have a tight, strained, or strangled sound.
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Dystonic tremor occurs in individuals who are affected by a movement disorder called dystonia (involuntary muscle contractions cause twitching, repetitive motions and abnormal positions or postures).
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Its initial uses were for strabismus (commonly known as a lazy eye), blepharospasm (inability to move the eye in certain ways), and cervical dystonia (wry neck).
brow and forehead wrinkles
crossed eyes (strabismus)
eyelid spasms (blepharospasm)
neck spasms (cervical dystonia).
and forth, moving the head back or to the side, twisting, swaying, writhing, flexing, jerking, and stiffening of almost any part of the body, such as the neck. Late appearing movements of the neck and truck are often referred to as "tardive dystonias.
Meige's syndrome is also known as oromandibular dystonia.
Diagnosis
There is no particular test for blepharospasm. Diagnosis relies on physical examination, medical history and ruling out other possible causes.
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