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How do choreiform movements affect the child?
Question
My son is 7 years old. We recently visited an ENT specialist who advised us to visit a neurologist as he suspected choreiform movements. What are these movements and how does it affect the child?
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Dr RK SabharwalJul 25, 2006
Senior Consultant, Child Neurology & Epilepsy,
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,
New Delhi
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,
New Delhi
Choreiform movements are involuntary, dancing, brief, rapid and sudden movements, which vary in intensity and severity. If mild, they can be masked into purposeful movements. They indicate a disorder of large collection of cells deep in the brain that are called basal ganglia. I would recommend that you consult a neurologist to confirm these movements and determine the cause (there are over 150 disorders that may cause this disorder).
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