Safer Way to Use Botox to Treat Challenging Dystonia Type? Safer Way to Use Botox to Treat Challenging Dystonia Type?
When treating oromandibular dystonia with botulinum toxin injection to the lateral pterygoid muscle, an intraoral approach is the safest way to avoid injury to the maxillary artery, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - October 5, 2021 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Experimental Botulinum Toxin More Effective in Cervical Dystonia? Experimental Botulinum Toxin More Effective in Cervical Dystonia?
An investigative formulation of a botulinum neurotoxin may have a longer duration of beneficial effect for patients with cervical dystonia, new results from a phase 3 trial suggest.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - September 23, 2021 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Suicidal ideations and attempts in patients with isolated dystonia - Worthley A, Simonyan K.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hypothesis that individuals with isolated dystonia are at an increased risk for suicidal behavior, we administered an anonymous electronic survey to patients with dystonia, asking them about their history of suicidal ideations an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Fatal 3-nitropropionic acid poisoning after consuming coconut water - Birkelund T, Johansen RF, Illum DG, Dyrskog SE, Østergaard JA, Falconer TM, Andersen C, Fridholm H, Overballe-Petersen S, Jensen JS.
We describe the fatal course of a patient with initial symptoms of vomiting and nausea who developed symptoms of dystonia, encephalopathy, and coma. The cause of death was poisoning with 3-nitropropionic acid from coconut water spoiled with the fungus Arth... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The Curious Case of Three Fingers and Four iPhones The Curious Case of Three Fingers and Four iPhones
The cause of a patient ' s severe hand dystonia affecting three fingers had physicians stumped, but tenacious clinical investigation eventually led them to make the call on this very unusual case.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - November 23, 2020 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
What Distinguishes Childhood Masturbation from Other Potential Diagnostic Entities?
Discussion
“Childhood masturbation (CM) is defined as self-stimulation of the genitalia in a prepubescent child.” CM is normal sexual behavior and can be noted at all ages including infancy. It becomes very common after puberty. It is one of the most common sexual behaviors. CM can resemble the same adult masturbatory activity including flushing, sweating, muscular contracting and breath holding or tachypnea. However in younger children these changes are not recognized, are interpreted differently or infants and young children may also have different activities. “…(1)stereotyped posturing of the low...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 16, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Positive Topline Results for New Cervical Dystonia Treatment Positive Topline Results for New Cervical Dystonia Treatment
DaxibotulinumtoxinA for treatment of cervical dystonia met the primary and secondary endpoints in the ASPEN-1 phase 3 trial, Revance Therapeutics reports.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - October 15, 2020 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Novel AI-Based Platform Diagnoses Dystonia From MRI Scans Novel AI-Based Platform Diagnoses Dystonia From MRI Scans
An artificial intelligence-based deep learning platform, DystoniaNet, diagnosed the neurological disorder from MRI scans with close to 99% accuracy, researchers say.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia after severe traumatic brain injury - Cardoso Vale T, Echenique L, Barsottini OGP, Pedroso JL.
BACKGROUND: Paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia (PAID) syndrome, a subset of dysautonomia, is characterized by paroxysms of marked agitation, diaphoresis, hyperthermia, hypertension, tachycardia and tachypnea accompanied by hypertonia and extens... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Parkinson’s disease symptoms: An early warning sign which affects the eyes and jaw
PARKINSON'S disease is a heart-breaking disorder which sadly gets worse and worse as the disease takes hold. Dystonia is an early warning sign, what is it? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A survey of falls in people with dystonia - Boyce MJ, Chang FCF, Mahant N, Fung VSC, Bradnam L.
OBJECTIVE: Dystonia is a chronic and sometimes progressive neurological disorder causing abnormalities in movement and function. We conducted a preliminary survey to investigate whether people with dystonia experience falls and to identify contributing fac... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Identification and management of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity after traumatic brain injury - Zheng RZ, Lei ZQ, Yang RZ, Huang GH, Zhang GM.
Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) has predominantly been described after traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is associated with hyperthermia, hypertension, tachycardia, tachypnea, diaphoresis, dystonia (hypertonia or spasticity), and even motor fe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
What Are Some Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy?
Discussion
The term, cerebral palsy, or CP has gone through many iterations with the first description in 1861 by W.J. Little who described it as “The condition of spastic rigidity of the limbs of newborn children.” The most recent definition is from Rosenbaun et al. in 2007 which states it is “a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cog...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What is the Lifespan for a Child with Holoprosencephaly?
Discussion
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a clefting problem of the brain. “[HPE] the result of incomplete or absent midline division of the embryonic forebrain into distinct cerebral hemispheres (prosencephalon) between the 18th and 28th day after conception.”
There are four distinct subtypes:
Alobar – both hemispheres are completely fused and are not separated into the left and right hemispheres. There is agenesis of the corpus callosum, arrhinencephaly and a single ventricle with fused thalami. Facial features are almost always affected.
Semilobar – the cerebral hemispheres are fused anteriorly bu...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 18, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Large Study Finds Predictors of Musician's Dystonia Large Study Finds Predictors of Musician's Dystonia
A review of more than 2600 cases of musicians with focal task-specific dystonias has revealed predictors of the condition and its severity. For many, effective treatment options are limited.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - October 9, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
