Symptom: Muscle spasms

Muscle spasms: Involuntary movement or contraction of muscles without full control
Detailed cause information for symptom: Muscle spasms:

Possible causes of symptom: Muscle spasms (16 conditions)

Medical conditions causing symptom: Muscle spasms (157 conditions)

Medical conditions causing complication: Muscle spasms (35 conditions)

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Types of Muscle spasms: seizures (119), muscle twitch (13), facial spasms (9)
Symptoms related to Muscle spasms: muscle twitch (13), muscle stiffness (0), muscle pain (54), muscle cramps (14), seizure (119), spasms (151), rigidity (0)
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Possible causes of symptom: Muscle spasms: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Muscle spasms as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Twitches
Tics
Chorea
Seizures
Spasms
Muscle spasms
Some possible causes of local muscle spasms:
- Sudden movements
- Over-extending the muscle
- Neck spasm
- Back spasms
- Disc disorders - may cause back spasms
- Nerve disorders (see Nerve symptoms)
See also cause of muscle cramps or muscle pain

Conditions listing symptoms: Muscle spasms: The following list of conditions have 'Muscle spasms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ... seizures

Acute kidney failure ... convulsions

Acute rheumatic fever ... chorea, Sydenham's chorea

African Sleeping sickness ... seizures

Agenesis of the corpus callosum ... seizures

Alcohol Withdrawal ... grand mal seizures

Alexander Syndrome ... seizures

Alkalosis ... muscle twitches, muscle spasms

Alpers Syndrome ... seizures, epilepsia partialis continua, intractable seizures

Alternating Hemiplegia ... Seizures

Alveolar Hydatid Disease ... epilepsy

Amnesic shellfish poisoning ... seizures

Amphetamines ... seizures

Anoxia ... Seizures

Arachnoid Cysts ... seizures

Arteriovenous Malformation ... seizures

Asphyxia ... convulsions

B

Barbiturate abuse ... seizures

Batten Disease ... seizures

Benzodiazepine abuse ... seizures

Binswanger's Disease ... Seizures

Brain cancer ... seizures

Bulimia nervosa ... fits, muscle spasms

C

Carbon monoxide poisoning ... convulsions

Catalepsy ... rigid limbs, rigid body

Catatonia ... rigid body

Celiac Disease ... seizures

Cerebral hemorrhage ... seizures

Cerebral Palsy ... seizures, involuntary movements, epilepsy, muscle rigidity

Chagas disease ... convulsions

Chemical pneumonia ... convulsions

Chorea ... facial spasms

Classic childhood ALD ... seizures

Cocaine ... seizures

Concussion ... convulsions

Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... convulsions

Convulsions ... fits, facial spasms, sleeping after convulsion

Corticobasal Degeneration ... rigidity

Craniosynostosis ... Seizures

Cysticercosis ... Seizures

D

Dandy-Walker Syndrome ... convulsions

Dementia With Lewy Bodies ... rigidity

Diabetic hypoglycemia ... seizures

DiGeorge's syndrome ... convulsions

Dystonias ... painful muscle contractions, sustained muscle contractions, involuntary muscle contractions

E

East African Trypanosomiasis ... seizures

Eclampsia ... convulsions

Ecstasy ... convulsions

Encephalitis ... seizures

Encephaloceles ... seizures

End-stage renal disease ... seizures

Epilepsy ... grand mal status epilepticus, convulsions, petit mal seizures, muscle spasms, localized muscle spasm, continuous sequence of seizures, grand mal seizures

F

Fahr's Syndrome ... chorea, seizures, rigidity

Febrile Seizures ... seizures, convulsions, short seizure duration, urination during the seizure, rigidity

Fibromyalgia ... muscle spasms

G

Gaucher Disease ... seizures

Granulomatous amebic encephalitis ... seizures

H

Hallervorden-Spatz disease ... muscle contractions of the limbs, face, or torso, seizures, choreoathetosis (involuntary, purposeless jerky muscle movements), painful muscle spasms, muscle rigidity

Head injury ... muscle spasms

Heatstroke ... seizures

Hemifacial Spasm ... lower face muscle spasm, one-sided facial muscle spasms

High altitude cerebral edema ... Seizures

HIV/AIDS ... seizures

Holoprosencephaly ... Seizures

Huntington's Disease ... neck muscle rigidity, facial muscle spasms, facial muscle spasms, chorea (muscle spasms), Toe spasms, Finger spasms, muscle rigidity

Hydranencephaly ... seizures

Hypocalcemia ... painful muscle spasm of feet, facial muscle spasms, facial muscle spasms, painful muscle spasm of hands

Hypoglycemia ... seizures

Hypoglycemic attack ... seizures

Hypoparathyroidism ... painful muscle spasm of feet, facial muscle spasms, facial muscle spasms, painful muscle spasm of hands

I

Incontinentia Pigmenti ... seizures, muscle spasms

J

Japanese encephalitis ... occasional convulsions (especially in infants)

Joubert Syndrome ... seizures

K

Kidney failure ... seizures

L

Landau-Kleffner Syndrome ... seizures

Lead poisoning ... convulsions

Leukemia ... seizures

Listeriosis ... convulsions

Lupus ... seizures

M

Machado-Joseph Disease ... sustained muscle contractions, twitching face, rigidity

Megalencephaly ... seizures, convulsive disorders, intractable seizures

Melioidosis ... seizures

Meningioma ... seizures

Meningitis ... Seizures, convulsions

Meningococcal disease ... Seizures

Menkes Disease ... seizures, convulsions

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy ... seizures, convulsions, rigidity

Microcephaly ... Convulsions

Mitochondrial diseases ... seizures

Moyamoya Disease ... seizures, involuntary movements

Multifocal motor neuropathy ... Fasciculations

Myoclonus ... muscle twitches, muscle twitches when trying to move

N

Naegleria ... seizures

Neonatal ALD ... seizures

Neurocysticercosis ... Seizures

Neurofibromatosis-1 ... epilepsy

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... muscular rigidity

Neuronal Migration Disorders ... seizures

Nocardiosis ... seizures

O

Ohtahara Syndrome ... seizures

Oligodendroglioma ... seizures

Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... muscle spasms

Osteomyelitis ... muscle spasm

P

Parkinson's Disease ... facial muscle spasm, rigidity

Parry Romberg Syndrome ... seizures

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease ... convulsions, involuntary movements, muscle contractures

Pernicious anemia ... muscle spasms

Petit mal seizures ... muscle movements

Pneumonia ... convulsions

Polyarteritis nodosa ... seizures

Porencephaly ... seizures, epilepsy

Porphyria ... seizures

Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy ... seizures

Pulmonary embolism ... seizures

R

Rabies ... Convulsions

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Type 2 ... seizures, epilepsy

Rasmussen's Encephalitis ... severe seizures

Restless Legs Syndrome ... Sudden muscle jerks

Rett's syndrome ... seizures

Reye's Syndrome ... convulsions

Rheumatic fever ... chorea, Sydenham's chorea

Rift Valley Fever ... seizures

S

Sandhoff Disease ... seizures

Schilder's Disease ... seizures

Schistosomiasis ... seizures

Schizencephaly ... seizures

Septo-Optic Dysplasia ... Seizures

Shaken Baby Syndrome ... convulsions

Spastic disorders ... muscle spasm, involuntary movements, muscle rigidity

Spasticity ... clonus (a series of rapid muscle contractions), uncontrollable muscle spasms, muscle spasms

Spinal cord injury ... muscle spasms

Spinal Muscular Atrophy type II ... muscle fasciculations

Stiff-Person Syndrome ... muscle spasms

Strain ... muscle spasm

Stroke ... convulsions

Sturge-Weber Syndrome ... seizures

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis ... seizures, involuntary movements

Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... fits, convulsions

Subdural hematoma ... seizures

Sydenham chorea ... involuntary movements, facial spasms

Syphilis ... seizures

T

Tardive Dyskinesia ... involuntary movements

Tetanus ... neck muscle rigidity, generalized muscle spasms, seizures, localized muscle spasms, muscle contractions, facial muscle spasm, localized muscle twitches

Tetany ... painful muscle spasms

Todd's Paralysis ... seizure

Tourette Syndrome ... facial tics

Toxocariasis ... Convulsions

Transverse myelitis ... muscle spasms

Traumatic Brain Injury ... seizures

Tuberous sclerosis ... seizures

U

Uremia ... muscle twitches

V

Viral meningitis ... Seizures

W

West African Trypanosomiasis ... seizures

Whooping Cough ... Convulsions

Wilson's Disease ... rigidity of muscles

Y

Yellow fever ... convulsions

Z

Zellweger Syndrome ... seizures

Conditions listing complications: Muscle spasms: The following list of conditions have 'Muscle spasms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.