St. Vitus dance

Introduction: St. Vitus dance

Description of St. Vitus dance

St. Vitus dance (medical condition): Brain disease causing involuntary movements or spasms....more »

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Sydenham chorea:
  »Introduction: Sydenham chorea
  »Symptoms of Sydenham chorea
  »Causes of Sydenham chorea
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St. Vitus dance: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for St. Vitus dance:

• Dance

St. Vitus dance: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

St. Vitus dance is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that St. Vitus dance, or a subtype of St. Vitus dance, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

St. Vitus dance as a Disease

St. Vitus dance: Another name for Sydenham chorea (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Sydenham chorea
  »Symptoms of Sydenham chorea
  »Causes of Sydenham chorea
  »Treatments for Sydenham chorea

St. Vitus dance: Related Diseases

St. Vitus dance: St. Vitus dance is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Chorea
• Possibly autoimmune diseases
• Brain conditions
• Movement conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Muscle conditions

Causes of St. Vitus dance

Some of the causes of St. Vitus dance are included in the list below:

• Rheumatic fever - perhaps as much as 6 months prior to Sydenham's symptoms.
• Streptococcal rheumatic fever
• Streptococcus
• Streptococcus Group A
• Acute rheumatic fever - Sydenham's chorea

Read more about causes of St. Vitus dance (Sydenham chorea)

Symptoms of St. Vitus dance (Sydenham chorea)

Some of the symptoms of St. Vitus dance incude:

• Involuntary movements - of limbs, face, and torso.
• Muscle weakness
• Hypotonia (decreased muscle tone)
• Clumsiness
• Restlessness

See full list of 25 symptoms of St. Vitus dance (Sydenham chorea)

Treatments for St. Vitus dance (Sydenham chorea)

Treatments for St. Vitus dance (Sydenham chorea) include:

• Symptomatic
• Bed rest
• Sedatives
• Diazepam
• Penicillin - for treatment or prevention of complications or streptococcal relapses.

Read more about treatments for St. Vitus dance

Treatment of St. Vitus dance: For more treatment information about St. Vitus dance, see treatment of Sydenham chorea (St. Vitus dance)

St. Vitus dance: Article Excerpts about Sydenham chorea

Sydenham chorea, also called St. Vitus dance, is a childhood movement disorder characterized by rapid, irregular, aimless, ... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Sydenham Chorea Information Page: NINDS)

St. Vitus dance: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to St. Vitus dance:

• rheumatic fever
• Huntington's disease
• involuntary movement disorder
• ataxia telangietasia
• Wilson's disease
• chorea gravidarum

Terms associated with St. Vitus dance:

Terms Similar to St. Vitus dance:

• Sydenham chorea
• Sydenham's chorea

Source - NIH

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