What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
- Tardive Dyskinesia: The toxic neurological side effects of neuroleptic drugs that have been used long term.
- Tardive Dyskinesia: involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Tardive Dyskinesia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Tardive Dyskinesia, or a subtype of Tardive Dyskinesia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Tardive Dyskinesia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Tardive Dyskinesia: Introduction
Types of Tardive Dyskinesia:
Broader types of Tardive Dyskinesia:
How serious is Tardive Dyskinesia?
Prognosis of Tardive Dyskinesia: symptoms may persist for a long time after the drugs have been discontinued
Complications of Tardive Dyskinesia:
see complications of Tardive Dyskinesia
Prognosis of Tardive Dyskinesia:
Symptoms of tardive dyskinesia may remain long after
discontinuation of neuroleptic drugs; however, with careful management,
some symptoms may improve and/or disappear with time.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Tardive Dyskinesia Information Page: NINDS)
What causes Tardive Dyskinesia?
Causes of Tardive Dyskinesia: see causes of Tardive Dyskinesia
What are the symptoms of Tardive Dyskinesia?
Symptoms of Tardive Dyskinesia:
see symptoms of Tardive Dyskinesia
Complications of Tardive Dyskinesia:
see complications of Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive Dyskinesia: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Tardive Dyskinesia.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Tardive Dyskinesia.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Tardive Dyskinesia:
see treatments for Tardive Dyskinesia
Research for Tardive Dyskinesia:
see research for Tardive Dyskinesia
Organs Affected by Tardive Dyskinesia:
Organs and body systems related to Tardive Dyskinesia include:
Name and Aliases of Tardive Dyskinesia
Main name of condition: Tardive Dyskinesia
Other names or spellings for Tardive Dyskinesia:
tardive dystonia, oral-facial dyskinesia, Linguofacial dyskinesia, Tardive oral dyskinesia, TD
Linguofacial dyskinesia, Oral-facial dyskinesia, TD, Tardive dystonia, Tardive oral dyskinesia
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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