Why has no-body heard of dystonia ?
Dystonia is much more common than you think. It is probably at least 10 fold more common than other more well recognised neurological conditions such as motor neuron disease or muscular dystrophy. Part of the problem in recognising the condition is due to the fact that it is not a single disease with a single cause and there is no easy test (eg blood test) to diagnose the disorder. Furthermore, due to the variability and seemingly bizarre nature of dystonic symptoms, until relatively recently the medical profession had held the belief that many patients with dystonia may have underlying psychiatric disease as a cause of their symptoms. Thankfully these days are long past and there is now almost universal acceptance that dystonia is a neurological disorder. Dystonia can present in unusual ways, such as with tremor of the hands, involuntary eye closure, twisting of the foot after walking and sadly many patients are not diagnosed until they have suffered from their symptoms for a consider
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