Dystonia is a movement disorder with uncontrollable muscle contractions. Contractions make the body part twist uncontrollably, causing repetitive movements. Various types of dystonia may affect a single muscle, a group of muscles, or the entire body as a whole. A woman is more likely to develop a disorder than a man, with about 1% of…
What is frontotemporal dementia? Dementia that affects the temporal and frontal lobes of your brain is called frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Most of us are familiar with Alzheimer’s disease. Perhaps it’s the most common form of dementia. Other forms are less well understood. The first is FTD. It most commonly affects people between 45 and 60…
Lewy body dementia (LBD) develops when abnormal amounts of alpha-synuclein are deposited in the brain. Lewy bodies affect brain chemicals that, in turn, can affect mood, movement and behavior. Lewy body dementia has been linked with a number of diseases, including Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s. There are more than 1 million people in the U.S….
You must know the signs of egoistic person so that you can handle them easily. We find many types of people in our daily life, such as gentle and nasty individuals, introverts and extroverts, egoistic and humble people. There is one type of individual we do not like among them, namely the egoistic one. The…
Stereotypic movement disorder involves repetitive, purposeless movements in children, typically before age eight. A stereotypical movement is flapping the back of the hand, rocking the body, banging the head, or biting one’s own mouth. A diagnosis of repetitive movement disorder is only given if it causes a child distress and impairs their functioning on the…