Sentences with phrase «involuntary movements of the head»

The Center focuses on new solutions for overcoming this crippling neurodegenerative disorder, which robs patients of their independence by causing things such as short - term memory loss, involuntary movements of the head and trouble with swallowing.

The Center focuses on new solutions for overcoming crippling neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's Disease, which robs patients of their independence by causing things such as short - term memory loss, involuntary movements of the head and trouble with swallowing.

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The updated guideline covers four neurologic disorders: spasticity in adults, which is muscle tightness that interferes with movement typically following a stroke, spinal cord or other neurologic injury; cervical dystonia, a disorder of the brain affecting neck muscle control that causes involuntary head tilt or neck movement; blepharospasm, a movement disorder that causes the eyes to close uncontrollably; and chronic and episodic migraine.

But the drug is not perfect: L - dopa treatment eventually induces dyskinesia — quick, involuntary movements of the hands, and sometimes of the head and trunk.

Pus may form in the deep recesses of the ear and can result in vestibular disease, evidenced by neurological signs such as rolling, nystagmus (rapid, involuntary movements of the eyeball), or tilting of the head.

The most common clinical signs of vestibular disease include circling or falling to one side, a pronounced head tilt, and nystagmus — the rapid and involuntary oscillating movement of the eyeballs.