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What is Transient Tic Disorder & How is it Treated?
What is Transient Tic Disorder?To understand what is a Transient Tic Disorder, it is important to first understand what is a tic. Tic is...
Movement Disorders
What is Chorea Gravidarum & How is it Treated?
What is Chorea Gravidarum?Chorea gravidarum is a rare condition where the patient develops chorea during her pregnancy.1 Chorea gravidarum is a complication of pregnancy and...
Movement Disorders
Akathisia: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
What is Akathisia?Akathisia literally means "inability to sit," and is a type of movement disorder in which the patient feels extreme inner restlessness along...
Movement Disorders
Athetosis: Causes, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment
What is Athetosis?Athetosis is a condition where the patient experiences slow, convoluted, involuntary and writhing movements of the hands, fingers, feet and toes.1 In...
Movement Disorders
What is Segawa Syndrome & How is it Treated?
What is Segawa Syndrome?Segawa Syndrome (SS) is a movement disorder, which is genetic in nature and commonly appears in early childhood, around the age...
Movement Disorders
What is Asterixis, Know its Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Pathophysiology, Risk Factors
Asterixis is a tremor or movement disorder characterized by movement of hands and wrists that resembles flapping of wings.1 There is arrhythmic flexion movements...
Movement Disorders
Dystonic Tremor: Symptoms, Types, Treatment, Diagnosis
What is a Dystonic Tremor?Tremor is an uncontrollable/involuntary oscillation or shaking or rapid movement of a part of a person's body.1 For example, if...
Movement Disorders
What is Choreoathetosis: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, Prognosis
What is Choreoathetosis?Choreoathetosis is referred to a condition of involuntary movements which consist of athetosis (writhing & twisting) and chorea (irregular migrating contractions).1 Normally,...
Movement Disorders
11 Facts about Restless Legs Syndrome that Everyone Should Know
Restless legs syndrome is best known as a neurological sensory disorder due to its symptoms, this is mostly felt during late evenings or at...
Movement Disorders
Focal Dystonia: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Risk Factors
What is Focal Dystonia?Focal dystonia is an unusual neurological condition, which is also referred to as “the yips,” characterized by involuntary spasms in the...
