What is Chorea?
What is Chorea?
- Chorea: Any disorder causing involuntary movement or spasms.
- Chorea: ceaseless occurrence of rapid, highly complex jerky movements that appear to be well coordinated but are performed involuntarily.
Source - Diseases Database
- Chorea: any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Chorea: Introduction
Types of Chorea:
Types of Chorea:
Broader types of Chorea:
How serious is Chorea?
Prognosis of Chorea:
The
prognosis for individuals with chorea varies depending on the type of
chorea and the associated disorder. Huntington's disease is a hereditary,
progressive and fatal neurological disorder. Syndenham's chorea is
treatable and curable.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Chorea Information Page: NINDS)
What causes Chorea?
Causes of Chorea: see causes of Chorea
What are the symptoms of Chorea?
Symptoms of Chorea:
see symptoms of Chorea
Chorea: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Chorea.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Chorea.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Chorea:
see treatments for Chorea
Research for Chorea:
see research for Chorea
Society issues for Chorea
Hospitalization statistics for Chorea:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Chorea:
- 0.0001% (7) of hospital consultant episodes were for drug-induced chorea in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 86% of hospital consultant episodes for drug-induced chorea required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 44% of hospital consultant episodes for drug-induced chorea were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 56% of hospital consultant episodes for drug-induced chorea were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 47% of hospital consultant episodes for drug-induced chorea required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 21.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for drug-induced chorea in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 16 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for drug-induced chorea in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Chorea:
Organs and body systems related to Chorea include:
Name and Aliases of Chorea
Main name of condition: Chorea
Other names or spellings for Chorea:
Choreiform movement, Choreoathetoid movements, Choreoathetosis, Athetosis
Source - Diseases Database
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