St Vitus Dance

This condition presents as jerky uncoordinated movements of the face feet and hands and sometimes the limbs.

St vitus dance. A disease of the nervous system chorea is characterized by symptoms resembling those of dancing mania which has also rather unconvincingly been considered a form of epilepsy. Vitus Dance named after him dancers and actors and is a protector against storms. At first it shows itself by a halting or rather an unsteady movement of one of the legs which the patient drags.

Saint Vitus Dance disease is an autoimmune disorder. Saint Vitus dance definition is - chorea. SAINT VITUS DANCE is a 11-minute short film by Marianne Hettinger about finding sanity in an insane world seen through the eyes of a dancers struggle to get to an audition.

Dancing mania has also been known as epidemic chorea and epidemic dancing. Sydenhams choreais a disorder characterized by rapid uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face hands and feet Uncoordinated Jerky mov. 1 This is the same bacterium which is responsible for causing rheumatic fever.

Vitus Dance or Sydenham Chorea is a neurological medical condition which usually develops in the childhood due to infection caused by Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus. There was also a dance mania that afflicted large groups of people in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. A great devotion to Vitus developed in Germany when his relics were translated to Saxony in 836.

Saint Vitus Dance or Sydenhams chorea is a disorder brought on by bacterial infection in the brain named after the Saint. See Sydenhams chorea. Vitus Dance 1959 Personnel.

The Saint Vitus Dance It is said that Germans believed they could receive good health for one year if they danced before St. Feast day - June 15th. The bodys immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells in the brain especially in the basal ganglia which is the part of the brain that controls motor movements.