Huntington's disease symptom control relies on medications for involuntary movements, mood, and psychiatric symptoms, but there is no treatment to reverse or cure the disease.

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Chorea and hemiballismus are both forms of involuntary movement disorders. Hemiballismus can cause sudden, violent, and flinging motions. Chorea can cause irregular, spontaneous, and nonrepetitive ...

Huntington’s disease causes unintentional movements, as well as difficulty walking and controlling movements. Dementia, which is a decline in cognitive abilities, is part of Huntington’s disease. The ...

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a rare movement disorder linked to long-term use of certain medications, especially dopamine receptor-blocking drugs like antipsychotics. Early TD symptoms often start with ...

Sleep myoclonus is involuntary, nonrhythmic muscle twitching that occurs either as a person falls asleep or during sleep. The movements include hiccups, starts, and jerks. Sleep myoclonus is not a ...