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Learn more about Sleep myoclonus
Content updated on Sep 20, 2022
What is sleep myoclonus?
Sleep myoclonus is involuntary muscle twitching that occurs either as a person falls asleep or during sleep. Sleep myoclonus is not a disease but a symptom of other conditions affecting the brain and spinal cord, or the cause may be unkown.
Symptoms of sleep myoclonus
Whole body twitches or jerks when falling asleep
Whole body sometimes twitches or jerks when asleep
Questions your doctor may ask to check for sleep myoclonus
Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose sleep myoclonus
Have you experienced your whole body twitching or jerking as you fall asleep?
Have you experienced your whole body twitching or jerking when asleep?
Treatment for sleep myoclonus
Treatment includes, antiseizure/ anticonvulsant medications, \sedatives, botulinum toxin (Botox) injection into the muscle to control symptoms. Treatment of the unlerying disease is required.
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