Problem
Dystonia
Other Names:
Dystonic posturing Nature:
Dystonia is a neurological movement illness involing stiffening of the extremities.
Incidence:
Dystonia affects more than 20,000 people in the UK.
Antipsychotic, antiemetic and antidepressant drugs can induce acute dystonia (an induced drug reaction / condition of sustained abnormal postures, muscle spasms and twitches), and 95% of all acute dystonia cases appear within 96 hours of starting drug treatment.
Broader Problems:
SpasticityDiseases of the nervous system Narrower Problems:
Dystonia musculorum deformans Subject(s):
Health Care → Mental healthProblem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
31.01.2021 – 09:22 CET