ALLMedicine™ Myokymia Center

Mar 14th, 2023 - Background Rattlesnakes are pit vipers and include the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. Pit vipers may be identified by a heat-sensing pit anteroinferior to the eye. Rattlesnakes may be identified in all but one species by a rattle at the tip of the...

Mar 14th, 2023 - Background Rattlesnakes are pit vipers and include the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. Pit vipers may be identified by a heat-sensing pit anteroinferior to the eye. Rattlesnakes may be identified in all but one species by a rattle at the tip of the...

Mar 14th, 2023 - Background Rattlesnakes are pit vipers and include the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. Pit vipers may be identified by a heat-sensing pit anteroinferior to the eye. Rattlesnakes may be identified in all but one species by a rattle at the tip of the...

Jan 3rd, 2023 - Practice Essentials Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease that attacks myelinated axons in the central nervous system, destroying the myelin and the axon in variable degrees and producing significant physical disabilit...

Jan 3rd, 2023 - Practice Essentials Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease that attacks myelinated axons in the central nervous system, destroying the myelin and the axon in variable degrees and producing significant physical disabilit...

Dec 1st, 2010 - Neuromyotonia (NMT), so called Isaac's syndrome, is a rare disorder in which hyperexcitability of peripheral motor nerves leads to intermittent muscle contractions. It is characterized by muscle twitching at rest (visible myokymia), cramps, hyperh...

Jun 12th, 2014 - Confounded by movement Movement of the patient with devastating brain injury is often a confounder in the determination of brain death. This is also a source of confusion and concern for the family.

Apr 3rd, 2013 - Case Diagnosis Given the patient's findings, the most likely diagnosis is hemifacial spasm.[1] Hemifacial spasm is differentiated from blepharospasm in that it is unilateral and the spasm will persist during sleep. Unlike in blepharospasm, oral se...