Dystonia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2024年6月11日 · When dystonia affects all parts of the body, it's known as general dystonia. The muscle spasms can range from mild to more serious. They may be painful, and they can affect the person's ability to complete daily tasks. There's no cure for dystonia, but medicines and therapy can improve symptoms.
Dystonia: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Types
Dystonia is a condition where a person has uncontrollable muscle movements in some part of their body. This happens because of faulty signals coming from their brain. Dystonia can range from a short-term or temporary concern to a lifelong issue. Most cases are treatable, especially cases with a treatable or curable underlying cause.
Dystonia: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments - WebMD
2023年10月16日 · The main symptom of dystonia is uncontrollable muscle movements that can range from very mild to severe. Dystonia can affect different body parts, and often the signs progress through stages.
Dystonia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
2024年6月11日 · Side effects are generally mild and temporary. They can include weakness, dry mouth or voice changes. Other medicines target chemicals in your brain called neurotransmitters that affect muscle movement. The options include: Carbidopa-levodopa (Duopa, Rytary, others). This medicine can increase levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
Dystonia - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment | What is Dystonia
2024年4月12日 · Dystonia causes varying degrees of disability that range from mild symptoms that come and go to severe, debilitating symptoms that can significantly affect a person’s quality of life. Some patients have pain. Usually there is no weakness in the affected muscle groups.
Dystonia - AANS - American Association of Neurological Surgeons
2024年4月15日 · Dystonia is a very complex, highly variable neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions. As many as 250,000 people in the United States have dystonia, making it the third most common movement disorder behind essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease.
Dystonia > Fact Sheets - Yale Medicine
Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that results in unwanted muscle contractions or spasms. The involuntary twisting, repetitive motions, or abnormal postures associated with dystonia can affect anyone at any age. The movements can be slow or fast, range from mild to severe and happen predictably or randomly.
Dystonia | What it is, Symptoms, Types and Treatment | CHOC
Abnormal functioning in the brain triggers motion, causing the muscles to uncontrollably twist or experience repetitive movements or irregular body positions, called dystonic movements. Dystonic movements are often patterned, can be painful and can …
Dystonia - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dystonia symptoms may be mild at first. They may appear only when the child is tired or anxious. Over time, symptoms of dystonia may become more noticeable, or they may not progress. The first step in diagnosis of dystonia is to identify the nature of …
Dystonia - Child Neurology Foundation
Dystonia is a type of involuntary movement. These are movements that a person cannot control. The muscles contract. This causes atypical postures or movements. Movements often look like twisting or stiffness of a body part. The movements may be shaky. Children with dystonia may have other neurologic symptoms.