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Myoclonus
Brief shock like muscle jerk either focal in a limb or more widespread in the body, usually due to some central nervous system pathology. However, can also be a normal phenomenon on falling asleep.
Dr. Bennett Machanic reviewed this
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What is myoclonus?
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How can you treat myoclonus?
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A 36-year old asked:
What do you take if myoclonus?
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Can myoclonus develop into a disease?
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A 47-year old asked:
How do you know if you have got myoclonus?
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A 30-year old asked:
Does anyone know the symptoms of myoclonus?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Myoclonus during photostimulation. (watching TV) could this be a symptom of JME?
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A male asked about a male:
My son had only suffered the myoclonus at night he has now had it during the day. More in the morning and later in the day. What could this be. ?
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A 21-year old asked:
What is opsoclonus/myoclonus?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is there a method of preventive care for myoclonus?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Is myoclonus will be non epileptic and how it can be controlled?
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A 34-year old female asked:
How many cases of of spinal myoclonus develop after whip blash injury due to car accidents? What are the first symptoms of spinal myoclonus?
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A 66-year old female asked:
Solutions for myoclonus seizures. Specifically at night.
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A 62-year old asked:
What are negative myoclonus and positive myoclonus? And treatments?
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A 34-year old asked:
How long after lead poisoning does it take for the onset of myoclonus to become apparent?
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A 18-year old male asked:
What is the difference between fasciculations and myoclonus? How do you tell the difference?
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A 40-year old asked:
Suffer from myoclonus. Any ideas on treatments?
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A 30-year old asked:
Has anyone had myoclonus / tensor tympani surgery?
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A 27-year old female asked:
How benign neonatal sleep myoclonus can affect my child ?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Would a massage help with myoclonus? What does it mean exactly about the muscle? Are they tense or weak? Please help dr.
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A 21-year old female asked:
My baby was diagnosed with benign myoclonus of infancy and needs to get blood tests. What kind of blood tests will she need to get?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I have fibro and now myoclonus when i start to relax. Also place in my neck when i tap it my neck jerks. The jerking does not hurt. Causes please?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Ive been diagnosed by a specialist with Tensor Tympani Myoclonus. Due to the extreme rarity I am unable to get much medical advice if you can help.
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A 28-year old male asked:
Could beta blockers be a potential treatment for Tensor Tympani Myoclonus? I am too sedated from the Benzos
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A 25-year old male asked:
Can stress cause myoclonus and fasciulations / twitching all over my body ?
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A 48-year old female asked:
What can cause myoclonus and fasiculations ( not meaning a side effect of medication or fatigue etc but real causes ?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Myoclonus effects muscles? Could this mean the muscles are weak? And need to be worked out/overworked? I am trying to understand relation to muscle.
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A 21-year old female asked:
Is sleep myoclonus safe? Would stretching help/lifting light weights for upper body? Anything i can do to help it, exercise? Mine is due to anxiety.
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A 26-year old male asked:
What are the causes of sleep myoclonus??should I worry??because when I try to sleep suddenly I feel like shock and wake up.i did an EEG it was normal.
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A 24-year old female asked:
1- can stress cause myoclonus? 2- it can affect whole body? 3- are there any surgery for this condition? 4- are there promissing new treatments?
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