Can anxiety cause dystonia?

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asked Nov 27, 2020 in Mental Health by kisipompsie (1,030 points)
Can anxiety cause dystonia?

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answered Nov 27, 2020 by Minmocatfood (6,180 points)
Anxiety and depression has been linked with dystonia.

So yes anxiety can cause dystonia although not always.

The reason dystonia can be painful at times is because of the constant muscle contractions that occur with dystonia.

Dystonia does not really show up on an MRI as brains affected by Dystonia mostly appear normal on an MRI but the MRI can reveal other conditions that could mean that the person is affected by Dystonia.

In the world there are around 500,000 people to 1 million people in the whole world affected by dystonia.

But in the USA alone there are at least 250,000 people who have Dystonia.

The condition Dystonia affects around 250,000 people in the United States alone.

It's estimated that around 500,000 to 1 million people in the world have Dystonia but it's hard to know for sure.

Out of the entire world population only a small percentage of people are affected by Dystonia so it's rare that someone has Dystonia.

You have around a 1 in 2000 percent chance of getting Dystonia.

The condition Dystonia is a movement disorder  where a person's muscles contract uncontrollably.

The contraction that occurs from Dystonia causes the affected body part to twist involuntarily, resulting in repetitive movements or abnormal postures.

The Dystonia condition can either affect one muscle, a muscle group, or the entire body.

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