Question 1

what leads to a rhythmic movement disorder?

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Many: Many causes like parkinsonism, some essential tremors etc. Diagnosis is mostly by clinical examination.

Question 2

i'm 59 years old. i have been body-rocking since birth. i've never outgrown rhythmic movement disorder. i'm so embarrassed of this condition that i haven't had a relationship in 21 years. a sleep study did nothing. meds don't help. what can i do?

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: Because this disorder is very rare in adults, it should be treated directly by a Neurologist or sleep specialist associated with a large teaching hospital. There may be trials of specific new therapies that  may be helpful.

Question 3

what kind of movement disorders occur?

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Movement: Depends on where they r occurring & in what. Please clarify. In general, involuntary one occur in neurological disorders such as parkinson disease, or induced by medications such as antipsychotics.

Question 4

what is the definition or description of: movement disorder?

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Movement disorders: These are a category of diseases that focus around either too much or too little movement.  Some are benign such as a benign essential tremor, and some are quite serious such as Huntingtons disease.

Question 5

are there exercise guidelines for people with movement disorders?

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Exercise: Yes, depending on muscles involved & location of defect.

Question 6

could you explain what is stereotypic movement disorder?

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Stereotypic movement: Stereotypic movement disorder is a condition in which a person engages in repetitive, often rhythmic, but purposeless movements.  Sometimes these movements can result in physical injury, as they may include head banging, biting nails or other body parts, self-hitting, skin-picking, mouthing of objects, etc.  It most often affects kids with neurological disorders, and can increase with stress, etc.

Question 7

what causes limb movement disorder?

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Varies: This is a difficult question to answer as the causes for seizure vary with age.  In infants, birth injury, hemorrhages, metabolic derangements, and genetic epilepsies are more common.  Other types of epilepsy can begin in the first two decades of life.  Brain injury, brain tumors, genetics, medications/illicit drugs are all common causes of seizures.

Question 8

what is "stereotypic movement disorder"?

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Stereotypic movement disorder: The symptoms include the following. It is more common in boys than girls and the cause is unknown. It must. Cause distress or risk of harm. Naltrexone may be of some benefit. Biting self
hand shaking or waving
head banging
hitting own body
mouthing of objects
nail biting
rocking.         
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0002515
stereotypic movement disorder.

Question 9

what is a "movement disorder specialist?

Accepted Answer

A neurologist: A movement disorder specialist is a neurologist who has typically done extra fellowship training for diagnosis and treatment of advanced parkinson's, essential tremor, dystonia, huntingtons disease and other movement disorders.

Question 10

what leads to stereotypic movement disorder?

Accepted Answer

Many diseases: Exact mechanism for stereotype moments is not well understood, some diseases like tremors, psychogenic movement, parkinsonism etc.

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