Edgware Community Hospital

Edgware

HA8 0AD

0208 216 5472

Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections

All types

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Digital access to care

28/05/2021 | Read more about the work Dystonia UK has recently completed with National Voices including the launch of a report on inclusive digital access to care.
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Digital Health and Care Conference

05/05/2021 | Our Director of Operations and Development attended the King's Fund 'Digital Health and Care conference: Learning from COVID-19'.
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For people living with dystonia.

Princess Royal Hospital Telford

Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Laryngeal
Princess Royal Hospital

Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm, segmental, hemi-facial, myoclonus, cervical
Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion

Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm
Prince Philip Hospital

Services available: Botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm
Poole General Hospital

Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: All types
Pilgrim Hospital

Services available: Diagnosis | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm, cervical
Penrith Hospital (outreach clinic)

Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm, laryngeal, hemifacial spasm
Northampton General Hospital

Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm, cervical, hemifacial spasm, focal hand
New Cross Hospital

Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: Blepharospasm, cervical
Nevill Hall Hospital

Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: All types

What is dystonia?

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that is estimated to affect at least 100,000 people in the UK.
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What are the symptoms?
What causes dystonia?

The cause of dystonia is not yet fully understood, in some cases at least it can be attributed to a chemical imbalance in the part of the brain called the basal ganglia, a part which helps to control movement.
What are the common treatments?
What are the causes?
Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Services available: Diagnosis and botulinum toxin injections | Dystonia types: All types
Callum's story

Callum's story, as told by his dad Neil. Callum is a young man with Down Syndrome who has neck dystonia (cervical dystonia).
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