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Movimiento lento o incontrolable - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

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

Cuidados en el hogar:

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.

Cuándo contactar a un profesional médico:

Consulte con el médico si:

  • Tiene movimientos inexplicables que no puede controlar.
  • El problema está empeorando.
  • Los movimientos incontrolables ocurren con otros síntomas.

Lo que se puede esperar en el consultorio médico:

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:

  • ¿Cuándo se presentó este problema?
  • ¿Durante cuánto tiempo lo ha tenido?
  • ¿Siempre es lo mismo?
  • ¿Siempre está presente o es sólo ocasional?
  • ¿Está empeorando?
  • ¿Empeora después del ejercicio?
  • ¿Empeora durante momentos de estrés emocional?
  • ¿Ha sufrido alguna lesión o accidente últimamente?
  • ¿Ha sufrido alguna enfermedad recientemente?
  • ¿Mejora después de dormir?
  • ¿Tiene alguien más en la familia un problema similar?
  • ¿Qué otros síntomas se presentan?
  • ¿Qué medicamentos está tomando?

Los exámenes pueden abarcar:

  • Reviewed last on: 2/5/2011
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by Joseph V. Campellone, MD, Division of Neurology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

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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