What is hyperkinesia?

Hyperkinesis is a wide term that describes undesirable increased muscle activity that can contribute to a person showing abnormal physical movements. The condition is often a symptom of innumerable diseases that lead to excessive muscular and sometimes neurological restlessness, such as Huntington's disease. Many hyperkinesis disorders begin in childhood and are associated with certain psychological and developmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorders. Hyperkinesis is a significantly wide term, so it is necessary to distinguish movements from each other on the basis of degree, randomness or repetition and rhythm. In order to determine the origin and the forecast of hyperkinesis, the doctor will undergo a complete medical history focused on family disease, past infections, or exposure to toxic chemicals and previous drugs or examples of chronic abuse.

One common disorder of kinesthetic movement, dystonia, is characterized by a permanent contraction of contradictory muscle groups that lead to abnormal possession afterLoos, repeating movements and other kinesthetic symptoms. Dystonia can be located in one muscle group, as is the case with bleparospasm, a condition where an involuntary lid contraction, which causes strange flashing formulas and even functional blindness. Another dystonia, larynx dystonia, is characterized by abnormal contractions in the larynx or voice box. Patients with disorder tend to have a "strangled" quality to their voice or sometimes cannot rule over the whisper. The convulsions of writers or musician are characterized as dystonia specific to a task that can eventually overlap into other areas such as eating or doing other activities of everyday life.

Huntington's disease, a genetic disorder, is easily recognizable due to its symptoms of hyperkinesis. Abnormal movements are called "chorea" when they are present in this specific diagnosis. Chorea are sometimes the first symptoms of degenerative disease and the severity of abnormal movements over the course oftime increases. Time times progress and inhibit the ability of an individual to walk, speak and think of a coherent way.

Restless leg syndrome is a disease of hyperkinesis. Patients with disorder feel uncomfortable feelings in their feet and lead them to movement. This can be weakening because the symptoms are often worse at night and the patient may suffer from significant deprivation of sleep. Medicines that help relax the nerves associated with the condition provide relief to some patients.