what is chorea
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Chorea Chorea (or choreia, occasionally) is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder, one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias. The term chorea is derived from the Greek word χορεία (=dance; see choreia), as the quick movements of the feet or hands are comparable to dancing.
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Huntington disease Huntington disease, Huntington's chorea. Huntington disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cell (neuron) degeneration in certain areas of the brain. This results in uncontrolled movements, loss of intellectual abilities, and emotional disturbances. Symptoms typically appear between the ages of 35 and 44 years.
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- 1 Description: Also known as familial tremor, benign essential tremor, or hereditary tremor, ET is a progressive neurological condition that causes a rhythmic trembling of the hands, typically upon voluntary movement, head, voice, legs, or trunk.2  It is not caused by loss of dopamine.ssential Tremor Movement Disorder. 1  Description: Also known as familial tremor, benign essential tremor, or hereditary tremor, ET is a progressive neurological condition that causes a rhythmic trembling of the hands, typically upon voluntary movement, head, voice, legs, or trunk. 2  It is not caused by loss of dopamine.
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Principles of Biomedical Science End of Course Review PBS Activity Introductions Huntington's disease (or Huntington's chorea) is a neurological disorder that is caused by a faulty gene on chromosome number 4. As such, it can not be caught, but can only be … passed from parents to children. A person who has a parent with HD has a 50%-50% chance of inheriting the gene.D is dominant because it is a protein mutation that is inherited from a copy of a parents mutated gene. Because this gene is inherited from a parent who has the same problems … , the child has a fifty percent chance of inheriting that gene and having the dominant Huntington's disease. 1 person found this useful.
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- Cholescintigraphy is a test done by nuclear medicine physicians to diagnose obstruction of the bile ducts (for example, by a gallstone or a tumor), disease of the gallbladder, and bile leaks. It sometimes is referred to as a HIDA scan or a gallbladder scan.
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Lead poisoning Lead poisoning (also known as plumbism, colica pictorum, saturnism, Devon colic, or painter's colic) is a type of metal poisoning and a medical condition in humans and other vertebrates caused by increased levels of the heavy metal lead in the body.arly symptoms of lead poisoning in adults are commonly nonspecific and include depression, loss of appetite, intermittent abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, and muscle pain.
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- A: Cholestyramine (Questran) is an oral medication that is used to treat high cholesterol levels in the blood. Cholestyramine is effective in reducing fatty acids in the blood and helps lower the risk of heart disease and clogged arteries.
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Huntington's disease Huntington's disease (HD), also known as Huntington's chorea, is an inherited disorder that results in death of brain cells. The earliest symptoms are often subtle problems with mood or mental abilities. A general lack of coordination and an unsteady gait often follow.
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- Abstract Chorea is a common movement disorder that can. be caused by a large variety of structural, neurochemical. (including pharmacologic), or metabolic disturbances to. basal ganglia function, indicating the vulnerability of this. brain region. The diagnosis is rarely indicated by the simple.
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What is hemicrania continua? What is hemicrania continua? Hemicrania continua is a primary chronic daily headache disorder. Headache disorder is classified as primary when an underlying organic cause has been carefully ruled out by medical history, physical, neurological examination and/or appropriate investigations.
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chorea chorea (plural choreas or choreae or choreæ) 1  An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus. ( 2 medicine) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.
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- Top 10 unbelievable historical concurrencies. The biochemical phenomenon known as a cholinergic crisis is an episode of excessive stimulation at one of the body's neuromuscular junction points. Such an event results from a buildup of acetylcholine (ACh) stemming from acetylcholinesterase inactivity or insufficiency.
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What Is The History Of Huntington's Disease (HD)? Today the term Huntington's (or Huntington) Disease is more commonly used than Huntington's Chorea. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, chronic adult hereditary chorea was poorly understood because people who had the HD gene died before the symptoms could develop.
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Cluster headache Cluster headache (CH) is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, severe headaches on one side of the head, typically around the eye.luster headache attack is accompanied by at least one of the following autonomic symptoms: drooping eyelid, pupil constriction, redness of the conjunctiva, tearing, runny nose, and less commonly, facial blushing, swelling, or sweating, typically appearing on the same side of the head as the pain.
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- A: Cholestyramine (Questran) is an oral medication that is used to treat high cholesterol levels in the blood. Cholestyramine is effective in reducing fatty acids in the blood and helps lower the risk of heart disease and clogged arteries.Cholestyramine comes in a powder form that is mixed with a liquid before each dose.holestyramine is effective in reducing fatty acids in the blood and helps lower the risk of heart disease and clogged arteries. Cholestyramine comes in a powder form that is mixed with a liquid before each dose.
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What Is The History Of Huntington's Disease (HD)? It is believed that at least one of the alleged witches executed in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1690's had HD. Today the term Huntington's (or Huntington) Disease is more commonly used than Huntington's Chorea. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, chronic adult hereditary chorea was poorly understood because people who had the HD gene died before the symptoms could develop.
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Gallstones Oral cholecystogram: Abbreviated OCG. An x-ray procedure for diagnosing gallstones. The patient takes iodine-containing tablets by mouth for one night or two nights in a row. The iodine is absorbed from the intestine into the bloodstream, removed from the blood by the liver, and excreted by the liver into the bile. The iodine, together with the bile, is highly concentrated in the gallbladder. Iodine is used in an OCG because it is dense and radioopaque (stops x-rays).
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- What is AHC. Alternating hemiplegia of Childhood: AHC. Alternating hemiplegia of Childhood is a condition that causes transient weakness of either, or both, sides of the body. The attacks may alternate or sometimes overlap, that is the second side is affected before the first recovers.
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Causes of Chorea List of causes of Chorea. Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Chorea) that could possibly cause Chorea includes: Huntington's disease. Sydenham's chorea. Drug-induced chorea. Autoimmune disease. Rheumatic fever. Wilson's disease. Pregnancy.
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- 17. Obstetric cholestasis is a rare complication of pregnancy. A build-up of bile acids in the bloodstream causes a persistent itch in the last third of pregnancy. There may be a small increased risk of complications of pregnancy associated with this condition, but the evidence is not conclusive.
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chorea Definition of chorea. : a movement disorder marked by involuntary spasmodic movements especially of the limbs and facial muscles and typically symptomatic of neurological dysfunction (as that associated with a neurodegenerative disease or metabolic disturbance) — see Huntington's disease.
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Headache: Symptoms & Signs A headache (medically termed cephalgia) is a pain in the head. Headaches can be located anywhere in the head, including above the eyes or the ears, behind the head (occipital headache), the top of the head (coronal headache), or in the back of the upper neck. headache (medically termed cephalgia) is a pain in the head. Headaches can be located anywhere in the head, including above the eyes or the ears, behind the head (occipital headache), the top of the head (coronal headache), or in the back of the upper neck.
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- chorea. 1  Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of chorear. 2  Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of chorear. 3  Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of chorear.
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- Cholestasis of pregnancy is a condition that causes the normal flow of bile in the gallbladder to be slowed or stopped. This causes itching and jaundice (yellowing of the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes). Cholestasis sometimes begins in early pregnancy but is more common in the last trimester of pregnancy.
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Chorea For the ancient Greek dance, see Choreia. For other uses, see Chorea (disambiguation). Chorea (or choreia, occasionally) is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder, one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias. The term chorea is derived from the Greek word χορεία (=dance; see choreia), as the quick movements of the feet or hands are comparable to dancing. The term hemichorea refers to chorea of one side of the body, such as chorea of one arm but not both (analogous to hemiballismus).
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A to Z List of Neurological Disorders 1 Hemicrania continua is marked by continuous, fluctuating pain that always occurs on the same side of the face and head. 2  The headache may last from minutes to days and is associated with symptoms including tearing, red and irritated eyes, sweating, stuffy or runny nose, and swollen and drooping eyelids. Severe headache accompanied by fever, nausea, or vomiting that is not related to another illness.  2 First or worst headache, often accompanied by confusion, weakness, double vision, or loss of consciousness. 3  Headache that worsens over days or weeks or has changed in pattern or behavior.