{"id":200915,"date":"2022-12-25T07:20:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T07:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=200915"},"modified":"2023-10-18T11:02:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:02:50","slug":"nodding-spasm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nodding-spasm\/","title":{"rendered":"Nodding spasm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A psychogenic condition in adults, causing nodding of the head from clonic spasms of the sternomastoid muscles. A similar nodding occurs in babies, with the head turning from side to side.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A head-shaking motion is observed in various medical conditions and is commonly found in infants, where it&#8217;s referred to as spasmus nutans. In these cases, it&#8217;s entirely normal, harmless, and typically resolves within the first year of life. In older children, involuntary head movements can be attributed to conditions like St. Vitus&#8217;s dance or habit spasms of nervous origin. Involuntary head movements are also observed in conditions like tremors associated with old age, Parkinson&#8217;s disease, and instances of alcohol or tobacco poisoning.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group final-completion w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-65\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>One identified by the repetitive movement of nodding the head.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A psychogenic condition in adults, causing nodding of the head from clonic spasms of the sternomastoid muscles. A similar nodding occurs in babies, with the head turning from side to side. A head-shaking motion is observed in various medical conditions and is commonly found in infants, where it&#8217;s referred to as spasmus nutans. In these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-n"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nodding spasm - Definition of Nodding spasm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A psychogenic condition in adults, causing nodding of the head from clonic spasms of the sternomastoid muscles. 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