Common causes of Muscle contractions

Causes of Muscle contractions that are rare

The offical US government definition of a "rare" disease is one that affects 200,000 people or less. The following causes of Muscle contractions appear in the population at a rate of less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Alpers Syndrome - involuntary muscle contraction
• Fahr's Syndrome - athetosis
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome Type II - involuntary muscle contraction
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Causes of Muscle contractions that are very rare

The following causes of Muscle contractions appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - athetosis
• Tetanus - muscle contractions
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Causes of Muscle contractions without any prevalence information

The following causes of Muscle contractions are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.

• Acid-Base Imbalance - tetany
• Bartter Syndrome - tetany
• Basal ganglia calcification, idiopathic 1 - athetosis
• Bd syndrome - athetosis
• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy - Athetosis
• Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia - athetosis
• Chorea familial benign - athetosis
• Conn's adenoma - tetany
• Conn's syndrome - tetany
• Conn-Louis Carcinoma - tetany
• DiGeorge syndrome - tetany
• Electrocution - Tetany
• Encephalophathy recurrent of childhood - athetosis
• Fasciculations - Muscle contractions
• Fatal familial insomnia - involuntary muscle contraction
• Herbal Agent adverse reaction -- Senna - tetany
• Hereditary methemoglobinemia, recessive, type II - athetosis
• Hyperphosphataemia - tetany
• Hypocalcemia - tetany
• Hypokalemia - tetany
• Hypomagnesemia caused by selective magnesium malabsorption - tetany
• Hypoparathyroidism - tetany
• Hypoparathyroidism familial isolated - tetany
• Hypoparathyroidism, autoimmune - tetany
• Infantile onset spinocerebellar ataxia - athetosis
• Infantile sialic acid storage disorder - athetosis
• Lafora body disease - involuntary muscle contraction
• Lafora disease - involuntary muscle contraction
• Magnesium deficiency - Tetany
• Marie type ataxia - muscle contractions
• Mental retardation athetosis microphthalmia - athetosis
• Mental Retardation, Joint Hypermobility With or without Metabolic Abnormalities - athetosis
• Mount Reback syndrome - athetosis
• Myoclonus epilepsy - Muscle contractions
• NADH cytochrome B5 reductase deficiency - athetosis
• Neuhauser-Eichner-Opitz syndrome - athetosis
• Neurosyphilis - muscle contractions
• Oxalosis - tetany
• Oxalosis, type I - tetany
• Oxalosis, Type II - tetany
• Post-polio syndrome - involuntary muscle contraction
• Potassium deficiency - tetany
• Psychogenic Movement Disorders - athetosis
• Respiratory alkalosis - tetany
• Sialuria, Finnish type - athetosis
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I - involuntary muscle contraction
• The Primary Hyperoxalurias - Tetany
• Torsion dystonia - muscle contractions
• Torsion dystonia, autosomal dominant - muscle contractions
• Torsion dystonia, autosomal recessive - muscle contractions
• Torsion dystonia, X-linked - muscle contractions
• Uremic encephalopathy - tetany
• WDHA syndrome - tetany
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All Causes of Muscle contractions

The full list of all possible causes for Muscle contractions described in various sources is as follows:

• Acid-Base Imbalance - tetany
• Alpers Syndrome - involuntary muscle contraction
• Bartter Syndrome - tetany
• Basal ganglia calcification, idiopathic 1 - athetosis
• Bd syndrome - athetosis
• more causes...»

See full list of possible disease causes of Muscle contractions

Drug interaction causes of Muscle contractions:

• Theo-24 and high-fat food interaction
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See detailed list of 1 drug interaction causes of Muscle contractions

Muscle contractions: Tools

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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Muscle contractions:

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