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[16] [8] Research in New York and Italy suggests that increased blinking (which may be triggered by dry eyes) leads to blepharospasm. [24] [25] A case control study in China found that blepharospasm aggravated dry eyes. [26] Blepharospasm may be associated with dystonia in other parts of the body, particularly Meige's Syndrome.
The main symptoms involve involuntary blinking and chin thrusting. Some patients may experience excessive tongue protrusion, squinting, light sensitivity, muddled speech, or uncontrollable contraction of the platysma muscle. Some Meige's patients also have "laryngeal dystonia" (spasms of the larynx). Blepharospasm may lead to embarrassment in ...
About 1 in 5 children whose treatment is covered by the company’s Medicaid plan in the state could lose access to care. “If the insurance company wants to deny all of our clients, we’re ...
Meet the experts: Shannel Kassis Elhelou, PsyD, is a geropsychology and neuropsychology fellow at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute’s Brain Wellness and Lifestyle Programs at Providence Saint ...
The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program is a 4-year program to train mental health workers who treat children and adolescents. Students complete a variety of diagnostic evaluations of children and their families with a dynamic perspective, in addition to several long-term psycho-analytically oriented supervised cases.
Treatment is supportive and in accordance with symptoms. If they have difficulty nursing, infants may require feeding tubes or special bottles to maintain sufficient nutrition. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy can improve motor skills and coordination and can lead to better control of speaking and eating abilities.
‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’ – in UK cinemas from Thursday, 29 September – is based on Ransom Riggs’ best-selling YA novel of the same name.
A gelastic seizure, also known as "gelastic epilepsy", is a rare type of seizure that involves a sudden burst of energy, usually in the form of laughing. [1] This syndrome usually occurs for no obvious reason and is uncontrollable.