Paroxysmal dystonia
Summary:
A form of dystonia characterized by episodes of dystonia (often hemidystonia or generalized) lasting from minutes to hours. There are no dystonic symptoms between episodes.
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Symptoms of Paroxysmal dystonia
The symptoms of paroxysmal dystonia can be similar to the symptoms of an epileptic fit. However, during an attack, only your muscles will be affected. Unlike epilepsy, you won't lose consciousness and you'll remain fully aware of your surroundings
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Causes List: Paroxysmal dystonia
Some of the causes of the condition may include:4 Causes of Paroxysmal Dystonia:
- Convulsions, Familial Infantile, With Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis
- Epilepsy, Rolandic, With Paroxysmal Exercise-Induced Dystonia Andwriter's Cramp
- Episodic Kinesigenic Dyskinesia 1
- Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome 1
- Paroxysmal Nonkinesigenic Dyskinesia 1
- Paroxysmal Nonkinesigenic Dyskinesia 2
- Pyruvate Dehydrogenase E2 Deficiency
Causes List for Paroxysmal dystonia
Some possible causes of Paroxysmal dystonia or similar disorders may include:5
- Dystonia type 10 (Paroxysmal dystonia)
- Episodic Kinesigenic Dyskinesia Type 1 (Paroxysmal dystonia)
- GLUT1 deficiency syndrome type 1 (Paroxysmal dystonia)
- Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome ...
Types of Paroxysmal dystonia
Some types of this condition may include:6 Types of Paroxysmal dystonia:
- Benign paroxysmal torticollis of infancy
- choreatic disease
- dystonia 9
Genetics of Paroxysmal dystonia
There are currently over 12 types (or sub-types) of dystonia linked to genetic mutations, including generalised dystonia, dopa-responsive dystonia and paroxysmal dystonia.
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Diagnosis
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Treatments
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Names and Terminology
Synonyms:
Episodic dystonia
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References
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- Source: GTR (NCBI/NIH): ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ gtr/ conditions/ CN002059/
- Source: NHS Choices UK: nhs.uk/ conditions/ dystonia/ symptoms/
- Source: Human Phenotype Ontology
- Source: Algorithmically Generated List
- Source: NCI Thesaurus
- Source: NHS Choices UK: nhs.uk/ conditions/ dystonia/ causes/
- Source: GTR (NCBI/NIH): ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ gtr/ conditions/ CN002059/
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