Movement Disorders - Overview. What You Need To Know

Movement Disorders - Overview. What You Need To Know
Movement disorders are neurologic conditions that cause problems with movement, such as:
Increased movement that can be voluntary (intentional) or involuntary (unintended)
Decreased or slow voluntary movement
There are many different movement disorders. Some of the more common types include:
-Ataxia, the loss of muscle coordination
-Dystonia, in which involuntary contractions of your muscles cause twisting and repetitive movements. The movements can be painful.
-Huntington's disease, an inherited disease that causes nerve cells in certain parts of the brain to waste away. This includes the nerve cells that help to control voluntary movement.
-Parkinson's disease, which is disorder that slowly gets worse over time. It causes tremors, slowness of movement, and trouble walking.
-Tourette syndrome, a condition which causes people to make sudden twitches, movements, or sounds (tics)
-Tremor and essential tremor, which cause involuntary trembling or shaking movements. The movements may be in one or more parts of your body.
Causes of movement disorders include:
Genetics
Infections
Medicines
Damage to the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerves
Metabolic disorders
Stroke and vascular diseases
Toxins
Treatment varies by disorder. Medicines can cure some disorders. Others get better when an underlying disease is treated. Often, however, there is no cure. In that case, the goal of treatment is to improve symptoms and relieve pain.

[@MSAstrong]

As a person with Multiple System Atrophy, this is good information. Thank you

[@ralsharp6013]

4 years ago I had a reaction to anti-nausea metoclopramide. Spasms, cramps, buzzing under my skin and tics..
My doctor doesn't really believe me and it's starting to affect my mental health

[@ahmedharbi1191]

I don't know what desease i have my desease is when I suddenly make any slight hand movement intentionally It makes me wanna urinate or bowel or I get like twitches in my body like kidney area blader area tightening loosening everything

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

I have this . There is always a trigger.