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Distonía; Movimientos involuntarios lentos y convulsivos; Coreoatetosis; Movimientos incontrolables de brazos y piernas; Movimientos incontrolables de piernas y brazos; Movimientos involuntarios y lentos de grupos grandes de músculos; Movimientos atetoides
Duerma lo suficiente y evite el estrés excesivo. En casos graves, adopte medidas de seguridad para evitar lesiones. Siga el tratamiento que el médico indicó.
Consulte con el médico si:
El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico, que puede incluir una evaluación detallada de el sistema nervioso y del aparato muscular.
El médico hará preguntas acerca de la historia clínica y los síntomas, como:
Los exámenes pueden abarcar:
Jankovic J, Lang AE. Movement disorders: diagnosis and assessment. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Bradley: Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier; 2008:chap 23.
Lang A. Other movement disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 434.
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