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Disease Information for Torticollis, spasmodic
- Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
- Neck muscle pains
- Sternomastoid muscle spasm/contracture
- Dystonia
- Head tremor/coarse
- Involuntary movements
- Nuchal dystonia
- Odd body posturing
- Spasms in Neck
- Stiff neck/Nuchal rigidity
- Tremor
- Neck pain
- Neck Pain Positional Changes Mechanical
- Wry neck spasm
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- Convulsions (grand mal)
- Seizure disorder (epilepsy)
- Sprained neck/Whiplash
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- Spasmodic torticollis
- Torticollis
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- spasmodic torticollis, Spasmodic torticollis (disorder), torticollis spasmodic, Synonym/Cervical dystonia, Synonym/Clonic spasmodic torticollis variant, Synonym/ICD, Synonym/Idiopathic cervical dystonia, Synonym/Mixed tonic-clonic spasmodic torticollis variant, Synonym/Spasmodic wryneck, Synonym/Tonic spasmodic torticollis variant, Synonym/Torticollis (spasmodic)
- Definition
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A twisted neck symptom that is caused by the spasmodic involuntary muscle contractions in the neck region.
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