spasm
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A spasm is a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ, such as the bladder.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Muscle spasm
- Medical condition (new).specialty
- Neurology
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Research
38,991 papers- What is the meaning of provoked spasm phenotypes by vasoreactivity testing?Journal of cardiology · 2024
- Biochemical mechanisms in pathogenesis of infantile epileptic spasm syndrome.Seizure · 2023
- [Prevalences of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Hemifacial Spasm].No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery · 2024
- Psychogenic hemifacial spasm.The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2001
- [Nutans spasm].Pediatria de las Americas · 1946
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Subclass of
- clinical sign
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- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- ICPC 2 ID
- L14
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- methocarbamol
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C50656
- different from
- muscle cramp
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description and causes
- Causes
- Effects
- Types of spasm
- See also
- References
- External links
A spasm is a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ, such as the bladder.
A spasmodic muscle contraction may be caused by many medical conditions, including dystonia. Most commonly, it is a muscle cramp which is accompanied by a sudden burst of pain. A muscle cramp is usually harmless and ceases after a few minutes. It is typically caused by ion imbalance or muscle fatigue.
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