Chorea

Clinic

• It is an Entity belonged to Hyperkinetic movement / Dyskinesia's entities.
• Also named Bizzar movements
• Hemichorea / Hemiballismus refers to one-side chorea
• Basal ganglion disease

Characteristics

Chorea is characterized by brief, semi-directed, irregular movements that are

• Not repetitive
• Not rhythmic
• Flow from one muscle to the next.
• Dance-like movements of chorea often occur with athetosis, which adds twisting and writhing movements.
• Walking may become difficult, and include odd postures and leg movements.

Related entities

• Athetosis
• Tremor
• Jerking / Twitching
• Clonous
• Fasciculation
• Myoclonus
• Unlike ataxia, which affects the quality of voluntary movements, Chorea is done involuntary
• Unlike Parkinsonism, which is a hindrance of voluntary movements, the movements of Chorea / Ballism occur on their own, without conscious effort.
• Seizure

• Balism: When chorea is serious, slight movements will become thrashing motions; this form of severe chorea is referred to as ballism, or ballismus
• Hyper reflexia

Related Disease

• NMDR encephalitis
• Autoimmune Chorea
• Sydenham's chorea
• PANDAS

Miasms

1. JE, KRU
2. CXA, CXB, ECHO, NVCJD