dystonia
Let an agent explain dystonia and its main forms in general terms, relay diagnosis, treatment and support information from neurological and patient organisations, distinguish it from other movement disorders, and route personal questions to clinicians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain dystonia and its main forms in general terms, relay diagnosis, treatment and support information from neurological and patient organisations, distinguish it from other movement disorders, and route personal questions to clinicians.
A movement disorder in which sustained or intermittent involuntary muscle contractions cause twisting, repetitive movements or abnormal postures, affecting one body part, several or the whole body; causes include genetic forms, brain injury, medications and unknown factors, and management includes medicines, botulinum toxin injections and deep brain stimulation.
What it is for: Not applicable; a disorder.
It can be explain forms and causes in general terms; relay treatment options from guidelines; distinguish from tremor, spasticity and tics; route personal questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features
Patterned, twisting movements and postures
Focal, segmental, multifocal or generalised distribution
Genetic, acquired and idiopathic causes
Sensory tricks that ease the posture
What it looks like
Not visible as an object; seen as twisting movements or sustained abnormal postures, such as a turned neck in cervical dystonia.
Physical character
prevalence: tens per 100000 people - estimates vary by form and study
How it is recognised
Sustained or repetitive involuntary contractions producing postures
Often worsened by voluntary action and eased by sensory tricks
Tremor, tics, spasticity and chorea are other movement disorders
Related models
is a kind of - the category
is confused with - a different movement disorder
is treated by - a main treatment for focal forms
is studied by - the specialty
In practice
Families and kinds
cervical dystonia or torticollis
blepharospasm and other focal dystonias
task-specific dystonias such as writer cramp and musician dystonia
generalised and genetic dystonias
drug-induced and acquired dystonias
paroxysmal dystonias
Identifiers
ICD-10 G24
ICD-11 8A02
DYT gene loci DYT1 and others genetic forms
Standards and regulation
Neurological society guidelines on classification and treatment
Rare disease frameworks for genetic forms
Medicines regulation for botulinum toxin products
Failure modes and hazards
Misdiagnosis as psychological or as another disorder
Pain, disability and social impact
Side effects of treatments
Agents giving personal medical advice
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What dystonia is.
General information.
Definition
Definition and forms.
Definition
Definition.
- What is dystonia, and how are its forms classified by distribution, age and cause? definition
- Is the user asking about their own symptoms, which needs a clinician? boundary
Distinguish
Other disorders.
Distinguish
Distinguish.
- How is dystonia distinguished from tremor, tics, spasticity and chorea? definition
- Which entry fits another movement disorder? action
Diagnose Assessment.
Assessment is clinical.
Assessment
Clinical assessment.
Assessment
Assessment.
- How is dystonia assessed and which investigations are used, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits genetic testing? action
Measurement
Rating scales.
Measurement
Measurement.
- Which rating scales measure severity and impact? measurement
- Which references define them? provenance
Treat Treatment and support.
Care.
Treatment
Treatment options.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What treatments do guidelines describe, from medicines to injections and surgery? provenance
- Is the presentation free of personal treatment advice? boundary
Support
Living with dystonia.
Support
Support.
- What support, therapy and patient organisations exist? provenance
- Which entry fits disability support? action
Study Causes and research.
Research.
Causes
Mechanisms.
Causes
Causes.
- What is known about genetic and brain network causes, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What research and trials are under way? provenance
- How is dystonia taught to clinicians? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each form be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines and patient organisations be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases for infant conditions that are not dystonia; should they be split off?