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In fact, up to 20% of those with writer's cramp have a family member with some form of dystonia. [ 7 ] Musician's cramp (a similar focal dystonia which affects less than 1% of instrumentalists [ 10 ] ) has historically been grouped together with writer's cramp because of this and their common task-specificity.
Liona Boyd, Canadian classical guitarist, publicized as the "First Lady of the Guitar", retired from the concert stage for six years in 2003, due to focal dystonia that affected her right hand. She worked to retrain her right hand, and since 2009 has been performing again as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. [25]
muscles around the eyes: The patient experiences rapid blinking of the eyes or even their forced closure causing functional blindness. Oculogyric crisis: muscles of eyes and head An extreme and sustained (usually) upward deviation of the eyes often with convergence causing diplopia (double vision). It is frequently associated with backward and ...
Typical early symptoms are "tingling" (sort of electrified vibration or paresthesia) or numbness in the extremities, frequent (night) leg cramps, loss of reflexes (in knees), muscle fasciculations, "vibration" feelings, loss of balance, general muscle cramping and nerve pain.
Total recorded alcohol consumption per capita of individuals 15 years or older, in liters of pure alcohol. Alcoholism is the main cause of alcoholic polyneuropathy. In 2020 the NIH quoted an estimate that in the United States 25% to 66% of chronic alcohol users experience some form of neuropathy. [ 7 ]
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Particularly when associated with dry eyes, blepharospasm may be relieved with warm compresses, eye drops, and eye wipes. [40] [41] A Japanese study showed that warm compresses containing menthol were more effective in increasing tear film. [42] Drugs used to treat blepharospasm are anticholinergics, benzodiazepines, baclofen, and tetrabenazine ...
Taylor Swift struggled to get through an acoustic performance of her song "Would've, Could've, Should've" at her Edinburgh concert June 7, pausing the lyrics twice.