Cervical dystonia: what to do

Cervical dystonia is the term which describes the medical condition in which the patients have abnormal and involuntary movements of head and neck. The Cervical dystonia symptoms are very common. Have you ever seen people twisting their necks upwards and downwards constantly or they would be twisting their neck on both sides? The first thing which comes to mind is that this is an abnormal habit, however, this is not a habit, these movements are the cervical dystonia symptoms and causes of the disease are not specified yet and are still unknown. In some cases, it can be a genetic issue passed by ancestors. To understand the source and the reasons of the disease, the first thing doctors ask about the family medical history of the patient to know whether any person in the extended family or the ancestors have had this disease or not.

What to look for as cervical dystonia symptoms

The most Cervical dystonia symptoms are jerking movements of the head. Patients also feel a little bit of tremor in their heads or their necks. Most the patients have one of such movements, however in some rare cases; you would see a combination of these involuntary movements. There are other physical and psychological symptoms of the disease which include constant headache, pain in the neck and shoulder, depressed mood and mood swings. Cervical dystoniasymptoms and causes Inability to perform and act like normal people which results in depression in these patients.

What causes cervical dystonia?

As per the scientists from the biomedical field, the reasons for the occurrence of involuntary movements of the body are the wrong signals which nerves send to the brain. This means that this disorder is neurological however; there are no strong proofs to prove this fact. The Cervical dystonia has been categorized into two forms which are primary cervical dystonia and secondary cervical dystonia. Both forms of The Cervical dystonia symptoms andcauses can vary. The primary cervical dystonia can be inherited; however secondary cervical dystonia occurs due to some disease. Cervical dystonia symptoms and causes can appear in very old age or the symptoms appear in childhood. In the US, from every 100,000 individuals at least .80% is dealing with cervical dystonia disease.

Treatments of Cervical dystonia

The Cervical dystonia symptoms and causes decide the treatments of the disease. However the very common treatments are the degeneration of the nerves which are sending wrong signals to the patients. On the other hand, if the cause of disease is the cervical dystonia is stress or other mental problem, doctors would treat this disease first before treating the Cervical dystonia.

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