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Spasmus nutans is an acquired form of nystagmus that occurs in children typically within the first 2 years of life and presents as a clinical triad of nystagmus head bobbing and torticollis.
Oct 14, 2015 · Spasmus nutans is a rare, idiopathic disorder that includes the clinical triad of nystagmus, head nodding, and torticollis, although diagnosis does not require all three findings. 1 Latin for “nodding spasm,” spasmus nutans presents in the first year of life, may persist until puberty, and has been associated with lower socioeconomic status ...
Apr 29, 2023 · Spasmus nutans is a disorder affecting infants and young children. It involves rapid, uncontrolled eye movements, head bobbing, and sometimes, holding the neck in an abnormal position.
The present review article is a compilation of previous pharmacological studies on C. nutans with a view of gaining further interest in exploring alternative sources of medicine. Keywords: Clinacanthus nutans; medicinal plant; pharmacological constituents. ABSTRAK.
Jun 19, 2015 · Spasmus nutans is a rare transient movement disorder of early childhood, defined by the clinical triad (1) nystagmus, (2) head nodding, and (3) torticollis, in the absence of any associated ophthalmological or neurological condition.
Nov 29, 2019 · Clinacanthus nutans Lindau (C. nutans) is a species of in Acanthaceae family and primarily used in South East Asian countries. C. nutans is well known as Sabah snake grass in Malaysia, and its leaves have diverse medicinal potential in conventional applications, including cancer treatments.
Its simple, opposite, stalked leaves are lanceolate-ovate, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 4-12 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. Its dull red to orange red flowers are about 3.2 cm long, with a green base, borne in dense terminal racemes. Its fruits are in the form of a capsule, 2 cm long, shortly hairy. It grows in thickets.
