Spasticity
Spasticity: Introduction
Spasticity: When there are hypertonic movements of the muscles and they are stiff.
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Causes of Spasticity:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Spasticity.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Spasticity
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Causes of Types of Spasticity:
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Spasticity: Symptom Checker
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Spasticity Treatments
Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Spasticity may include:
- Baclofen - mainly used to treat spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord lesions
- Lioresal - mainly used to treat spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord lesions
- Apo-Baclofen - mainly used to treat spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord lesions
- Gen-Baclofen - mainly used to treat spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord lesions
- Liotec - mainly used to treat spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord lesions
- Nu-Baclo - mainly used to treat spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord lesions
- PMS-Baclofen - mainly used to treat spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord lesions
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Spasticity: Comorbid Symptoms
Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Spasticity
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Spasticity: Deaths
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Misdiagnosis and Spasticity
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Spasticity: Research Related Doctors & Specialists
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Spasticity: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
Causes of Spasticity listed in Disease Database:
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causes of Spasticity as a symptom include:
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causes of Spasticity
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Article Excerpts about Spasticity
Spasticity is a
condition in which certain muscles are continuously contracted. This
contraction causes stiffness or tightness of the muscles and may interfere
with gait, movement, and speech.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Spasticity Information Page: NINDS)
Spasticity is a
condition in which certain muscles are continuously... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Spasticity Information Page: NINDS)
Definitions of Spasticity:
Abnormal increase in skeletal or smooth muscle tone. Skeletal muscle hypertonicity may be associated with PYRAMIDAL TRACT lesions or BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
The quality of moving or acting in spasms
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Detailed list of causes of Spasticity
The list below shows some of the causes of Spasticity mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Spasticity
How Common are these Causes of Spasticity?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Spasticity.
Of the 324
causes of Spasticity that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 1
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 12
causes are "rare" diseases
- 7
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 304
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 324
causes of Spasticity
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Spasticity:
The following list of conditions
have 'Spasticity' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
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- Acidic dry cell batteries inhalation poisoning
... spasticity
- ADANE
... spasticity
- Agyria
... spasticity
- Agyria-pachygyria type 1
... spasticity
- Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 1
... spasticity
- Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 2
... spasticity
- Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 3
... spasticity
- Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 4
... spasticity
- Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 5
... spasticity
- Akesson syndrome
... spasticity
- Alexander Syndrome
... spasticity
- Alpers Syndrome
... spasticity, progressive spasticity
- Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase deficiency
... spasticity
- Amyloidosis, oculoleptomeningeal
... spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
... spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2, juvenile
... spastic gait
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3
... spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4, juvenile
... spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5
... spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6
... spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7
... spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8
... spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 11
... spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, type 6
... spasticity
- Angiokeratoma -- mental retardation -- coarse face
... spasticity
- Arginase deficiency
... spasticity
- Arthritis -- short stature -- deafness
... spasticity
- Aspartylglucosaminidase deficiency
... spasticity
- Aspartylglucosaminuria
... spasticity
- Aspartylglycosaminuria
... spasticity
- Ataxia spastic congenital miosis
... spasticity
- Ataxia, Hereditary, Autosomal Dominant
... spasticity
- Ataxia, spastic, 3, autosomal recessive
... spasticity
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- CACH syndrome
... spasticity
- CAMFAK syndrome
... spasticity
- Cerebral Autosomal Recessive Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy
... spasticity
- Cerebral Palsy, Spastic Quadriplegic, 1
... spasticity
- Cerebral Palsy, Spastic Quadriplegic, 2
... spasticity
- Cerebral Palsy, Spastic Quadriplegic, 3
... spasticity
- Cerebrorenodigital syndrome
... spasticity
- Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosus
... spasticity
- Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 2, late infantile type
... spasticity
- Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 4
... spasticity
- Chemical poisoning -- Acidic dry cell batteries
... spasticity
- Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Rhizomelic type
... spasticity
- Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q25 q32
... spasticity
- Chromosome 11q partial deletion
... spasticity
- Chromosome 18, Tetrasomy 18p
... spasticity
- Chromosome 2p deletion syndrome
... spasticity
- Chromosome 7, monosomy 7q3
... spasticity
- Chylomicron retention disease with Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome
... spasticity
- Coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ10), deficiency
... spasticity
- Coffin syndrome 1
... spasticity
- Congenital Gigantism with Skeletal Dysplasia
... spasticity
- Corneal cerebellar syndrome
... spasticity
- Corpus callosum dysgenesis X-linked recessive
... spasticity
- Cree leukoencephalopathy
... spasticity
- Cutis verticis gyrata mental deficiency
... spasticity
- Cystinuria -- lysinuria
... spasticity
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- Schimke, X-linked, mental retardation syndrome
... spasticity
- Schindler disease
... spasticity
- Schindler disease, type 1
... spasticity
- Schinzel Giedion Syndrome
... spasticity
- Segawa Syndrome
... spasticity
- Selective Vitamin B12 malabsorption with Proteinuria
... spasticity
- Sialuria, Finnish type
... spasticity
- Spastic paraparesis
... spasticity
- Spastic paraplegia 10, autosomal dominant
... spastic gait
- Spastic paraplegia 14, autosomal recessive
... spastic gait
- Spastic paraplegia 17
... spastic gait
- Spastic paraplegia 2, X-linked
... spastic gait
- Spastic paraplegia 23
... spastic gait
- Spastic paraplegia 3, autosomal dominant
... spastic gait
- Spastic paraplegia 31, autosomal dominant
... spastic gait
- Spastic paraplegia 4, autosomal dominant
... spastic gait
- Spastic Paraplegia 42, Autosomal Dominant
... spastic gait
- Spastic paraplegia 7, autosomal recessive
... spastic gait
- Spastic paresis -- glaucoma -- mental retardation
... spasticity
- Spastic quadriplegia -- retinitis pigmentosa -- mental retardation
... spasticity
- Spasticity -- mental retardation
... spasticity
- Spasticity -- mental retardation -- epilepsy, X-linked
... spasticity
- Spasticity -- multiple exostoses
... spasticity
- Sphingolipidosis
... spasticity
- Spinal atrophy -- ophthalmoplegia -- pyramidal syndrome
... spasticity
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 3
... spasticity
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal dominant
... spasticity
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 5
... spasticity
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type I
... spasticity
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type II
... spasticity
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type III
... spasticity
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type V
... spasticity
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, X-linked, 2
... spasticity
- Spinocerebellar degenerescence, book type
... spasticity
- Stratton-Parker syndrome
... spasticity
- Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
... spasticity
- Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system
... spasticity
- Symmetrical thalamic calcifications
... spasticity
- Syringomelia
... spasticity
- Syringomyelia, lumbar lesion
... spasticity
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Conditions listing medical complications: Spasticity:
The following list of medical conditions have
Spasticity or similar
listed as a medical complication in our database.
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and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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Causes of Spasticity Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Spasticity based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
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Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
What are the alternative names for Spasticity:
Spastic ataxia, Hypertonia, Muscle tone increased
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Classifications of Spasticity:
Subtypes of Spasticity:
Spastic gait (26 causes), Excessive muscle tone (59 causes), Tetany (55 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Spasticity:
Spasms (2183 causes), Movement symptoms (6001 causes), Muscle symptoms (7251 causes), Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)
Symptoms related to Spasticity:
Muscle tone changes (8 causes), Muscle stiffness (158 causes), Weak muscles (4300 causes), Hypoxic episode, Ischemic episode, Perinatal asphyxia, Near-drowning, Suffocation (4 causes), Prenatal utero-placental insufficiency, Trauma, Tumor, Stroke (192 causes), Brainmalformations, Viral encephalitis
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