Spasms of the coronary arteries
or disease of the smaller branches of these arteries.
It works quickly at
relieving spasms, often quicker than conventional pain relief.
Spasm in the suspensory muscles
of the larynx.
Early treatment of
infantile spasm
might preserve cognitive functioning in some children.
Muscle spasm
in the thoracic region can cause referred pain to radiate into the chest or abdomen.
Spasm of muscles
may give rise to writer's or musician's cramp.
It makes breathing easier by
relaxing muscle spasms
in the air passages of the lungs.
For unknown reasons
hemifacial spasm
tends to affect the left side of the face more often than the right.
An impacted sigmoid colon or rectum can give rise to
bladder spasms
which obstruct free drainage of urine.
Spasm of pain.
Paul, how do you
reduce the spasm
in your son's legs?
These
involuntary spasms
of the vocal cords cause the voice to change in quality.
Tonic spasms
may develop at 3 - 4 months.
Baclofen is used by intrathecal pump to
treat the painful spasms
of cerebral palsy.
In addition to increased muscle tone, there are episodic
muscular spasms.
Patients who develop the condition almost always suffer from raynaud's phenomenon ( blood
vessel spasm
triggered by cold weather ) first.
A larger dose is sometimes given at night to
prevent spasms
that interfere with sleep.
The reason is that under halothane alone
laryngeal spasm
often occurs.
As a result of this brain damage, mrs a
suffered severe muscle spasms
and her teeth were permanently clenched.
Between bites i was overcome by
uncontrollable spasms
of laughter.
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