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how can i stop clonus ?

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Cause: Do you know what is cause of your clonus ? Have you seen a neurologist ?

Question 2

what are the symptoms of clonus?

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Movement: Clonus is the involuntary, repetitive movement of a muscle or muscle group.

Question 3

what are the symptoms of clonus in children?

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Rythmic movements: Clonus is a symptom, characterized by involutary rhythmic movements.  These can be a sign of other conditions.  If your child is experiencing clonus, they need to see their physician.

Question 4

what is the definition or description of: clonus?

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Clonus: Clonus = involuntary, muscular contractions &amp; relaxations which may be seen with some neurological disorders.

Question 5

good morning, can you please tell me if clonus babinski is hereditary?

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Signs Not Diseases: Clonus &amp; Babinski are clinical signs that indicate an upper motor neuron.   There is a differential diagnosis if you have these signs.   The primary diagnoses that can present with Clonus &amp; Babinski are typically not hereditary.  (Stroke, MS, etc...)

Question 6

is my sons clonus more likley to be related to his cp or grade 4 ivh with pvl. ?

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Cause/effect/symptom: My best answer is to segregate the terms you used into cause: (the hemorrhage) that produced: damage (injured neural pathways)that we call: "cerebral palsy" and the symptom: "clonus" that is caused by having injured neural pathways. So the hemorrhage does the damage, pvl is also damage related to injury & all this produces clonus. CP is just a term that lumps all the symptoms together in one name.

Question 7

is there a way to prevent clonus?

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Medications, PT: Clonus is over-active reflexes. This can occur after strokes as well as in some other neurological conditions. Occasionally a person will have clonus without any neurological condition. Options include avoiding positions that trigger the clonus; persistent physical therapy after a stroke to help muscle retraining; muscle relaxant medications such as baclofen; and possibly Botox injections.

Question 8

what is the difference between treppe, clonus and tetanus?

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Treppa: treppe is a staircase effect by stimulating the muscle at a variable frequency like in a twitch but in treppe it is increasing in a step wise fashion so each time more muscles are recruited in treppe.not seen in clonus and in tetanus
treppe generally caused by serotonin toxicity
clonus contraction and relaxation of muscle
tetanus is a chronic spasm of a muscle due to bacilus tetanus

Question 9

when is ankle clonus normal?

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It is not: Ankle clonus is a reflex seen in states such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord damage, hepatic encephalopathy and serotonin syndrome.  If it is present, a neurologic referral is in order.

Question 10

what are some sign that i may have ankle clonus?

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Spasms & relaxation: Ankle clonus is a series of abnormal reflex movements of the foot, induced by bending the foot upward at the ankle, causing alternate contraction and relaxation of the calf muscle. This can be present in stroke patients,  spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis. If this is indeed present, talk to your doctor about getting a neurology referral.

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