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Dyskinesia in an unmedicated adolescent with a 5-year history of tobacco use: a case report
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Case Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background Tobacco use among mentally ill patients is approximately two to three times higher than that in the general population. Withdrawal from tobacco is a common occurrence and many authors have described various symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. Dyskinesia, however, has not been reported as one of the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal in adolescents without any psychopathology or medical illness. Case presentation We report a case of a 17-year-old Motswana boy of the Tswana ethnic group with primary school education and a 5-year history of tobacco use who developed dyskinesia approximately 48 hours after cessation of tobacco and had some relief with nicotine gum. Conclusion In addition to the documented symptoms of nicotine withdrawal, clinicians should look out for dyskinesia, which may be one of the rare symptoms of withdrawal in chronic tobacco users.
- Subjects :
- Conduct Disorder
Male
Nicotine
medicine.medical_specialty
Tobacco use
Adolescent
Population
Ethnic group
Appetite
Directive Counseling
030508 substance abuse
Case Report
Chewing Gum
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Recurrence
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Psychiatry
Unmedicated
Medicine(all)
education.field_of_study
Dyskinesias
Dyskinesia
business.industry
Public health
Smoking
Hygiene
Tobacco Use Disorder
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Tobacco Use Cessation Devices
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Nicotine withdrawal
Nicotine gum
Smoking Cessation
medicine.symptom
0305 other medical science
business
Psychopathology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17521947
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....69630ea7f9a9ea81d16fcb93c1002d91