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what is the definition or description of: dyskinesia?

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Involuntary movement: Dyskinesia refers to a group of involuntary movements which are usually uncoordinated and often spasmodic.  These are neurological problems.  Examples are tardive dyskinesia and Huntington's Chorea.  There are many causes including side effects of some drugs, genetic, or the sequelae of infection or injury to the CNS.

Question 2

what is proxy dyskinesia choreoathetosis?

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Movement Disorder: Paroxysmal kinesigenic choreathetosis (PKC) is a hyperkinetic movement disorder characterized by attacks of involuntary movements, which are triggered by sudden voluntary movements. PKC is diagnosed using a strict set of guidelines. The attacks last less than one minute and have a known trigger, usually a sudden voluntary movement. PKC patients have a good response to medication (anticonvulsants)

Question 3

help doctors! what're the types of dyskinesia?

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Dyskinesia: 1. Tardive dyskinesis
2. Paroxysmal dyskinesia
3. Primary ciliary dyskinesia
4.Blepharospasm (eyelids)
5.Oculogynic crisis (eyeballs)
6.Oromandibular dystonia (jaw, mouth and tongue)
7.Laryngeal dystonia (throat and larynx)
8.Focal hand dystonia (similar to writer's cramp, but neurological in nature);.

Question 4

what is the anti psycotic cause tradive dyskinesia?

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Tardive dyskinesia: Virtually all of the antipsychotic medications can cause tardive dyskinesia. The older ones are most like to cause this--haldol, mellaril, thorazine, promethazine, flufenazine. The newer ones can too, but the risk is lower. Some nonantipsychotic medications can also cause it like Reglan (metoclopramide)  for nausea, . See http://www.Brainandspinalcord.Org/legal/tardive-dyskinesia/medications.Html.

Question 5

what's the differences between dystonia and dyskinesia?

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Stiffness & movement: In a parkinson disease (pd) patient, these two conditions are related. Dystonia is a sustained muscle contraction with twisting. Dyskinesia is an involuntary movement.  In pd, in a patient who is having fluctuations from levodopa, a patient can develop dyskinesias or dystonia.  There are also tardive dyskinesias which are involuntary movements that develop following neuroleptic exposure.

Question 6

what is tardive dyskinesia?

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A movement disorder: Tardive dyskinesia is a disorder of abormal, uncontrolled movements that is caused by using certain medications, typically neuroleptic (anti-psychotic) medications.  Characteristically this includes abnormal movements of the face and mouth.

Question 7

how is tardive dyskinesia treated?

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Tardive dyskinesia: Patients are more likely to develop tardive dyskinesia when using psychotropic medications. SSRIs, stimulant medications and illegal drugs. Discontinuance of the offending agent is the most important treatment of TD.

Question 8

what leads to or causes tardive dyskinesia?

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"phenothiazines": Tardive means drug induced.  Caused mainly by older major tranquilizers, also called typical anti-psychotics such as Haldol but also can happen with anti-nausea drugs like Reglan (metoclopramide) or Compazine that are structurally similar to Haldol type drugs.  It is due to inhibition of Dopamine in the part of the brain called the basal ganglion.

Question 9

what causes biliary dyskinesia

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Biliary dyskinesia: Sphincter of oddi dysfunction, or biliary dyskinesia, is defined by bile duct manometry showing sphincter spasm, increased phasic contraction frequency (tachyoddia), paradoxical contraction response to cck, & abnormal propagation of phasic waves. Response to sphincterotomy is predicted by associated abnornalities in serum liver functions as well as manometry findings.Pain alone may not so respond.

Question 10

can you explain what biliary dyskinesia is?

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Yes: The gall bladder stores and concentrates bile made by the liver to help digest and absorb fats. The gallbladder has nerves which control ejection of the bile when needed. In biliary dyskinesia the contraction of the gallbladder is abnormal. The duct cointracts first and then the gallbladder. So the gallbladder is trying to eject bile through a closed tight opening. This causes pain without stones.

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