Best Doctors for Chorea Treatment in Vijay Nagar, Indore

Chorea is a neurological condition and a type of dyskinesia causing involuntary, sudden body movements often involving hands,feet and face. Chorea negatively effects the quality of life due to stigma causing stress, anxiety, loss of independence and fear of falling. It can be caused by various underlying neurological conditions like stroke, genetic disorders like Huntington's disease, Sydenham's chorea, encephalitis, antiphospholipid syndrome, thyrotoxicosis,chorea gravidarum(in pregnant women), certain autoimmune conditions like lupus, SLE, brain trauma or brain injury and side effects to certain antipsychotics and antidepressants. The patients usually present with jerking, twitching, writhing movements, speech difficulties, irregular and unpredictable movements,balance difficulties and facial grimacing. Although there is no permanent cure for chorea symptoms can be managed by medications depending on the cause and presentation of the symptoms by antipsychotics, tetrabenazine, benzodiazepines for short term relief and other supportive care.