Ataxia

ataxia

signs den symptoms

Subclass of	dyskinesia, lack of coordination, neurological and physiological symptom
Health specialty	neurology
ICPC 2 ID	N29

Ataxia (from Greek α- [a negative prefix] + -τάξις [order] = "lack of order") be a neurological sign wey dey consist of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements wey fi include gait abnormality, speech changes, den abnormalities insyd eye movements, wey dey indicate dysfunction of parts of de nervous system wey coordinate movement, such as de cerebellum.

Dese nervous-system dysfunctions dey occur insyd several different patterns, plus different results den different possible causes. Ataxia fi be limited to one side of de body, wich be referred to as hemiataxia. Friedreich's ataxia get gait abnormality as de most commonly presented symptom. Dystaxia be a mild degree of ataxia.

Read further

• Perlman S (1998). "Hereditary Ataxia Overview (last revision 2012)". In Pagon RA, Bird TD, Dolan CR, Stephens K, Adam MP, Bird TD (eds.). All GeneReview. University of Washington, Seattle. PMID 20301317.
• Manto M, Gruol D, Schmahmann J, Koibuchi N, Rossi F (2013). Handbook of the Cerebellum and Cerebellar Disorders. Springer. ISBN 978-94-007-1332-1.
• Esmail S (2018). "Cerebellar ataxia but normal neuroimaging: now what?". Scivision.

External links

• National Ataxia Foundation (USA)