Head Jerking Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Tic Disorder

Examples of these movements are eye blinking, head jerking, nose twitching, or shoulder shrugging. [nationalcprfoundation.com]

There are two types of tics: Motor : Sudden movements of the muscles, often involving a specific body part (eye blinking, facial movements, shoulder shrugging, head jerking [advocatechildrenshospital.com]

Simple tics are a very brief movement or vocalization (eg, head jerk, grunt), typically without social meaning. [msdmanuals.com]

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Autosomal Dominant Spastic Ataxia Type 1

Talk to our genetiec expert 55 644 5590 All the samples are tested by 2 different teams to get accurate test results. The samples are processed at Genetic DNA Lab facility. Test Cost : 3000.00 AED Reporting Time: 4 Week Sample Type: EDTA blood or DNA Spastic ataxia type 1 autosomal dominant (VAMP1) Test[…] [dnalabsuae.com]

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Tourette Syndrome

Tic Categories Two categories of TS tics and some common examples are: Simple: Motor - Eye blinking, head jerking, shoulder shrugging and facial grimacing; Vocal - Throat [web.archive.org]

With time, other motor tics may appear, such as head jerking, neck stretching, floor stamping, body twisting and bending. [ucdmc.ucdavis.edu]

Some symptoms of Tourette syndrome include: Eye blinking Nose twitching Grimacing Head jerking Shoulder shrugging Arm flapping Touching things or people Kicking Stomping Hopping [cedars-sinai.edu]

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Tics

Blinking, facial grimacing, head jerks or shoulder shrugs are examples of tics that your child may exhibit, and these movements usually last less than one second. [livestrong.com]

Some simple motor tics include: Quick eye blinks or eye jerks Tongue movements, including sticking out the tongue Head twitches or head jerks Squatting and hopping Shoulder [cedars-sinai.edu]

There are two types of tics: Motor: Sudden movements of the muscles, often involving a specific body part (eye blinking, facial movements, shoulder shrugging, head jerking [advocatechildrenshospital.com]

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Acute Alcohol Intoxication

Meningitis or a head injury may also cause a seizure. Fainting can also cause a series of jerking movements as the person loses consciousness. [emedicinehealth.com]

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Insect Bite

At the mention of Ezinma's name Ekwefi jerked her head sharply like a ... again and again that Agbala wanted to see his daughter, Ezinma. [citylib.ca]

Use tweezers to grasp the tick firmly at its head or mouth, next to the skin. [kidshealth.org]

Pull firmly and steadily upward on the tick until it lets go (do not twist or jerk the tick), then swab the bite site with alcohol. [kidshealth.org]

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Whiplash Injury

The head's jerking action pulls muscles and ligaments beyond their typical range of motion, causing fibers to tear. [livescience.com]

[…] to abruptly jerk forwards, backwards, or sideways. [etehadlaw.com]

Condition: Cervical whiplash is an injury to the neck that occurs when the head is jerked forward and back very quickly. [aapmr.org]

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Malnutrition

The child may adopt an abnormal compensatory head position. [patient.info]

It is also seen following head trauma, with encephalitis and with syphilis. Binocular visual deprivation may produce PAN. [patient.info]

The nystagmus is horizontal and may be pendular or jerk. It dampens with convergence/accommodation and disappears during sleep. [patient.info]

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Congenital Deafness

Neonatal responses Startling reflex (Responds to loud sound) Aural-palpebral reflex Change in heart rate Change in pattern of respiration Backward head jerk Moro reflex (increase [slideshare.net]

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Obesity

Additionally, there is jerking of the neck as if she is trying to keep her head up, but she loses complete muscle control. The patient's arms are affected. [web.archive.org]

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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

[…] or bilateral clonic jerks of the limbs. [orpha.net]

Patients present with motor arrest, unresponsiveness, head and/or eye deviation to one side, staring, fluttering of eyelids, grunting, cyanosis, diffuse hypertonia and unilateral [orpha.net]

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Ménière Disease

[…] movements of the eyes elicited by certain head movements in persons with abnormal inner-ear function). [britannica.com]

[…] symptoms and the results of hearing tests, electrocochleography (a test to evaluate inner-ear pressure), and electronystagmography (a test to detect nystagmus, or involuntary jerking [britannica.com]

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Brain Concussion

It can also happen from an indirect hit that causes your head to jerk, like when you get whiplash. [upmc.com]

A jolt to the body can also cause a concussion if the impact is strong enough to cause the head to forcefully jerk backwards, forwards, or to the side. [my.clevelandclinic.org]

Concussions happen when there is not only impact, but also movement, like jerking back and forth. [health.harvard.edu]

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Neurotic Disorder

To compensate, they may blink their eyes, jerk their heads, or make abnormal movements. [rarediseases.org]

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Myoclonic Jerking

Last night my head jerked to the right. Strange. [braintalkcommunities.org]

Some of these involved sudden jerks of either arm, while other instances involved the trunk and head. [neurologyadvisor.com]

I've started having frequent, daily myoclonic jerks, probably around 50 a day. They can be anywhere, usually limbs or digits, even my head last night. [braintalkcommunities.org]

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Delirium

Tics may affect the face, head, and neck or, less commonly, the limbs or trunk. [britannica.com]

A tic is an involuntary, purposeless jerking movement of a group of muscles or the involuntary production of noises or words. [britannica.com]

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

People with OCD may also have a tic disorder, such as: Eye blinking Facial grimacing Shoulder shrugging Head jerking Repeated clearing of the throat, sniffing, or grunting [medlineplus.gov]

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Spasmodic Torticollis

Head jerks, twisting movements (inclined head, rotations). Uncontrollable spasms in the neck. Pain in the craniocervical region. Abnormal vestibular function. [symptoma.com]

[…] to jerk or tilt. [wisegeekhealth.com]

jerking; “Sensory tricks” for relieving muscle tension (e.g. gently touching the face, neck or head at a specific place); Neck spasms and neck pain ; Head rotation ( twisting [myvmc.com]

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Hereditary Hyperekplexia

All patients with hyperekplexia showed an abnormal short-latency (15-20 ms) reflex in the trapezius muscle with a characteristic clinical appearance ("head retraction jerk [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

neck, spinal, and sometimes, limb musculature, resulting in involuntary shouting, jerking, jumping, and falling; autosomal dominant and recessive inheritance forms, with [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Arching of the head (exaggerated head-retraction reflex), jerking movements (myoclonic jerks) or falling stiffly to the ground without losing consciousness tends to occur [geneticdisordersuk.org]

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Parasomnia Type Sleepwalking

In patients with SW and RBD, the latter presented not only with excessive twitching and body jerks but also with hitting (n 4), head jerks (n 3), vo-calisations (n 3), laughing [documents.tips]

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Atypical Absence Seizure

They are often associated with other features such as loss of muscle tone of the head, trunk or limbs (often a gradual slump) and subtle myoclonic jerks. [monarchinitiative.org]

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Vasovagal Syncope

NB : prolonged unconsciousness, witnessed abnormal behaviour before, during or after the event, confusion after the event, tongue biting, head turning or prolonged limb jerking [patient.info]

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Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures

My head jerked too now, like it was being dragged by my eyes jerk, jerk, jerk, I tried to push out a sound, a grunt. Nothing but spittle. [jessradio.wordpress.com]

Two seizures started with forced version of the head to the left along with clonic left arm jerking, two seizures started with left leg jerking, and in one seizure the onset [jnnp.bmj.com]

[…] part of your body Brief, irregular jerks in part of your body Your head and eyes turning to one side Lip smacking, repeated swallowing or chewing A jerking movement that starts [epilepsy.org.uk]

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The child may adopt an abnormal compensatory head position. [patient.info]

It is also seen following head trauma, with encephalitis and with syphilis. Binocular visual deprivation may produce PAN. [patient.info]

The nystagmus is horizontal and may be pendular or jerk. It dampens with convergence/accommodation and disappears during sleep. [patient.info]

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Syncope

NB: prolonged unconsciousness, witnessed abnormal behaviour before, during or after the event, confusion after the event, tongue biting, head turning or prolonged limb jerking [patient.info]

NB : prolonged unconsciousness, witnessed abnormal behaviour before, during or after the event, confusion after the event, tongue biting, head turning or prolonged limb jerking [patient.info]

Presyncope should be evaluated as being an identical entity to true syncope Suggestive of epilepsy a bitten tongue head-turning to 1 side during TLoC no memory of abnormal [emed.ie]

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Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure

Two seizures started with forced version of the head to the left along with clonic left arm jerking, two seizures started with left leg jerking, and in one seizure the onset [jnnp.bmj.com]

Repetitive serial myoclonic seizures (for example in myoclonic status epilepticus) are associated with irregular jerking, often with partially retained awareness. [epilepsydiagnosis.org]

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Transient Ischemic Attack

Muscles may jerk quickly or slowly, and jerking may be rhythmic or not. [merck.com]

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is triggered by sudden head movements (see case study). [pn.bmj.com]

Myoclonus may occur normally, but it may result from a disorder, such as liver failure, a head injury, low blood sugar, or Parkinson disease or from certain drugs. [merck.com]

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Migraine

[…] or other movements 3 People stay in a darkened room for up to 72 hoursCredit: Getty - Contributor Headache Pain on one side or both sides of your head Pain that feels throbbing [thesun.ie]

Vision loss Pins and needles sensations in an arm or leg Weakness or numbness in the face or one side of the body Difficulty speaking Hearing noises or music Uncontrollable jerking [thesun.ie]

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Cardiogenic Syncope

NB : prolonged unconsciousness, witnessed abnormal behaviour before, during or after the event, confusion after the event, tongue biting, head turning or prolonged limb jerking [patient.info]

Multifocal jerks sometimes superimposed on generalised myoclonus seem most common,9,10 but other features have also been reported such as eye movements and vocalisations, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] correlation between the duration of asystole (cardioinhibition) and the clinical manifestations during ocular compression, this was not the case during the Weber manoeuvre and head-up [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Fibromyalgia

Only a incurious, ignorant jerk would think it’s the only possibility. And so apparently lots of healthcare professionals are uncurious, ignorant jerks. [painscience.com]

The words “all in your head” have become notorious because so many physicians are much too quick to assume that fibromyalgia is hypochondriac/psychosomatic in the absence [painscience.com]

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