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Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St. John's Dance, tarantism and St. Vitus' Dance) was a social phenomenon that may have had biological causes, which occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousands at a time.
Sydenham chorea, a neurological disorder characterized by irregular and involuntary movements of muscle groups in various parts of the body that follow streptococcal infection. The name St. Vitus Dance derives from the late Middle Ages, when persons with the disease attended the chapels of St. Vitus, who was believed to have curative powers.
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It is historically one of the conditions called St Vitus' dance. [4] Signs and symptoms. Sydenham's chorea is characterized by the abrupt onset (sometimes within a few hours) of neurological symptoms, classically chorea, which are non-rhythmic, writhing or explosive involuntary movements.
- Rheumatic chorea, chorea minor, St Vitus' dance
Feb 2, 2024 · Sydenham chorea, or St. Vitus dance, is caused by group A β-hemolytic streptococcal infections and is a manifestation of rheumatic fever that occurs in up to 40 percent of patients with rheumatic fever. Anti-basal ganglia antibodies develop and attack portions of the brain, leading to pathologic findings and symptoms.
- Kevin Beier, Dyveke P. Pratt
- 2022/12/19
Sydenham’s Chorea (also known as St Vitus’ Dance or Chorea Minor) is a disease affecting the brain, particularly causing unusual movements, unsteadiness and poor coordination. It can turn a normal child into someone unable to speak, walk or feed themselves.
Dec 23, 2021 · We start with a disease originally known as St. Vitus dance but is now called Sydenham chorea. This childhood movement disorder is an inflammatory response to strep throat or rheumatic fever and is characterized by rapid, involuntary, irregular movements of all muscles except those that move the eyes.
(St Vitus’ Dance) Description. Sydenham’s chorea is a disorder affecting children and characterized by jerky, uncontrollable movements of the muscles of the face, the arms and legs and the trunk.
