noun
definition
A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body
Examples of dystonia in a Sentence
Dystonia may be limited to one area (focal) or may affect the whole body (general).
Dystonia may be painful as well as incapacitating.
The drug can also help with dystonia, a severe contraction of muscles in the shoulder and neck.
This research could provide a new treatment for occupational and musician's dystonia.
Cocktail therapy In some patients, mostly with severe generalized dystonia, a combination of drugs may be used.
Some drugs may not cause dystonia but may aggravate the pre-existing disorder.
In the UK about 40 per cent of people with the affected gene develop dystonia.
The patients all had focal arm dystonia or writer's cramp.
Common features include dystonia (an abnormality in muscle tone ), muscular rigidity, and sudden involuntary muscle spasms (spasticity ).
Although these cannot cure the dystonia they will improve the symptoms.
It is a combination of blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia.
Paroxysmal dystonia can be a challenging condition to live with.
Some people with laryngeal dystonia can gain benefit from speech therapy.
Adult-onset primary dystonia This is a rare subtype of focal dystonia.
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Late-onset primary torsion dystonia or focal dystonia is inherited in a more complex manner than the early-onset dystonia.
Occasionally the hand dystonia may also be associated with a tremor known as dystonic tremor.
Damage can result in flexion dystonia, impaired postural reflexes.
It may be associated with involuntary muscle spasms, sustained muscle contractions (dystonia), and exaggerated deep tendon reflexes that make movement difficult or uncontrollable.
Botox is commonly used for cosmetic treatment of wrinkles but is also used to treat neuromuscular problems, including migraine and cervical dystonia.
Disruptions in other portions of the basal ganglia are thought to cause tics, tremors, dystonia, and a variety of other movement disorders, although the exact mechanisms are not well understood.
Some diseases that cause sustained muscle contraction limited to a particular muscle group (focal dystonia) are inherited, but others are caused by trauma.
Botulinum-toxin type A (Botox, Dysport) or type B (Myobloc) is injected locally into the affected muscle group to relax the muscles in dystonia or spasticity.