Cervical dystonia, also known as spasmodic torticollis, is a painful condition in which the muscles in your neck contract without your conscious consent, causing your head to twist or turn to one side, as well as uncontrollably tilt forward or backward.
Cervical dystonia is a rare disorder that can affect people of any age, but it most frequently affects women in their middle years, and it is more common in women than men.
Botulinum toxin injections into the affected muscles frequently reduce the signs and symptoms of cervical dystonia, but surgery may be necessary in some cases. Cervical dystonia has no known cure; the disorder occasionally goes away without treatment, but sustained remissions are uncommon.
Causes
Researchers have discovered gene mutations linked to cervical dystonia; however, the majority of people with the disorder have no known cause; cervical dystonia is occasionally linked to head, neck, or shoulder injuries; some cervical dystonia sufferers have a family history of the condition.
Symptoms
Your head may twist in a number of directions as a result of the cervical dystonia-related muscle contractions, including:
· Chin toward shoulder
· Ear toward shoulder
· Chin straight up
· Chin straight down
Typically, the signs appear gradually.
Other symptoms may include:
- shoulder pain originating in the neck
- a raised shoulder
- hand tremors
- headache
- For about half of those with cervical dystonia, head tremor is a symptom.
- approximately 75% of those with cervical dystonia experience neck muscle enlargement.
- lack of awareness of naturally occurring, unaffected physical movements
Risk factors
cervical dystonia is at risk for the following:
·Age.The disorder can affect anyone at any age, but it typically starts after the age of 30.
·Your sex.Cervical dystonia is more prevalent in women than it is in men.
·Family history.You run a higher risk of developing cervical dystonia or another form of dystonia if a close relative already has it.
Complications
The most typical locations for cervical dystonia-related involuntary muscle contractions are the face, jaw, arms, and trunk, but they can occasionally spread to other parts of your body.
Tonic, numbness, and weakness in the arms, hands, legs, or feet may be experienced by people who have cervical dystonia as a result of bone spurs that may grow and narrow the spinal canal.
Diagnosis
Even though a physical examination alone can frequently identify cervical dystonia, your doctor may advise blood tests or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to rule out any underlying conditions that could be causing your symptoms.
Cervical dystonia is a disorder that can cause headaches, neck pain, and shoulder pain in a lot of people. In some people, the pain from the disorder can be excruciating and incapacitating.
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
When it comes to cervical dystonia, homoeopathy has a wide range of effective treatments, but the choice depends on the patient’s unique characteristics, taking into account the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being.
LACHNANTES TINCTORIALachnantes is regarded as one of the best treatments for cervical dystonia, which causes the patient’s neck to become stiff, their head to lean to one side, usually their right, and to experience pain in their nape that feels dislocated.
AGARICUS MUSCARIUS—Head moving constantly; falling backward as if there were a weight in the occiput; neck pain and sensitivity; twitching of the cervical muscles; and pain at the nape of the neck as if from fatigue and dislocation, especially when sitting or lying down.
RHUS TOXICODENDRONNeck pain that worsens with rest and gets better with moving the neck into a comfortable position and applying heat. Neck pain that causes pain between the shoulders when swallowing. Neck pain from excessive lifting, overuse, strain, and injury to the neck muscles.
ACTEA RACEMOSA –Neck pain from cervical spondylosis. Neck pain worse from cold, moving the hands, and better from warmth. Neck pain from rheumatic pain in muscles of back and neck. Stiff neck, pain from worse pressure, which causes nausea and retching.
LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUMOne side of the neck is stiff and emaciated. There is traction and stiffness from the nape of the neck. There is pain and stiffness in the left side of the neck. The head is drawn to the left. The lycopodium patient is flatulent and always wants hot food and beverages.
CAUSTICUMWhen getting out of a chair, the neck and back become stiff, making it difficult to move the head. There is tension and stiffness in the nape of the neck.
CICUTA VIROSA-Tonic spasms of the cervical muscles, spasms and cramps in the neck muscles, the head bent backward, tension in the neck muscles as if from a wound.
MEDORRHINUM-Neck pain that is contracting and pulling toward the base of the neck. -Spasm of the neck muscles, especially the sterno-mastoid, pulling chin firmly toward chest.
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