Glossary for Hallervorden-Spatz disease

• Ataxia: It is a neurological sign and symptom consisting of gross lack of co-ordination of muscle movements.
• Choreoathetosis: Choreoathetosis is the occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea and athetosis.
• Confusion: Mental confusion and impaired thinking.
• Dementia: Various mental impairment conditions.
• Genetic Disease: Any disease that is handed down to oneself through the chromosomes of ones parents
• Hyperreflexia: An exaggerated reflex of the muscles
• Muscle rigidity: The occurrence of resistance to passively moving a muscle
• Muscle spasms: Involuntary movement or contraction of muscles without full control
• Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration: A rare, inherited, progressive neurological movement disorder where accumulation of iron in the brain causes degeneration of the nervous system.
• Parkinson's Disease: Degenerative brain condition characterised by tremor.
• Retinitis Pigmentosa: Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of inherited disorders characterized by progressive peripheral vision loss and night vision difficulties that can lead to central vision loss.
• Rigidity: When there is inflexibility or stiffness
• Spasticity: Continuous contraction or stiffness of muscles.

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