Falkirk Community Hospital

Majors Loan

Falkirk

FK1 5QE

01324 624000 01324 614367

Diagnosis

Blepharospasm and Hemi-facial spasm

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Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that is estimated to affect at least 100,000 people in the UK.
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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.
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Coronavirus and dystonia

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