Brief overview When to see a doctor? In case of sudden or gradual speech disorders Causes: stroke, craniocerebral trauma, early brain damage, encephalitis, meningitis, brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington’s chorea Therapy: Treatment of the underlying disease, individual speech therapy, if necessary aids like soft palate prosthesis or electronic voice amplifier … Dysarthria: Description, Symptoms
Basilar impression is a pathological abnormality in the area of the cervical vertebrae. The abnormality is seen in the transitional craniocervical region, with an impression developing on the second vertebra of the neck. In particular, the dens axis is affected. Because the basilar impression occurs near the foramen magnum, the condition narrows this segment. What … Basilar Impression: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Neurodegeneration with iron deposition in the brain represents a disease that occurs with a very low frequency. The disease is also often referred to by the abbreviation NBIA in international medical jargon. Neurodegeneration with iron deposition in the brain leads to neurological degeneration. A typical feature of the disease is primarily that iron is deposited … Neurodegeneration with Iron Deposition in the Brain: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Partington syndrome is a congenital disorder that manifests in specific leading symptoms. For example, Partington syndrome is associated with mental retardation, dystonic movements of the hands, and dysarthria. Intellectual abilities are only mildly to moderately impaired in Partington syndrome. Partington syndrome represents an x-linked inherited disorder. What is Partington syndrome? Partington syndrome is enormously rare. … Partington Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
The term dysarthria covers a range of disorders in speech. Writing, reading, grammar and language comprehension are not affected. Only the motor function of speech is disturbed due to impairment of cranial nerves or damage to the brain. What is dysarthria? Speaking is a highly complex interaction of more than a hundred muscles, the larynx, … Dysarthria: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Wallenberg syndrome involves occlusion of the vertebral artery or the inferior posterior cerebellar artery. The condition is also known synonymously as Wallenberg-Foix syndrome or Viesseaux-Wallenberg. As a result, infarction occurs in a specific area of the brainstem called the dorsolateral medulla oblongata. Basically, it is a rare type of stroke. What is Wallenberg syndrome? In … Wallenberg Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
A deficiency of arylsulfatase A in the body leads to metachromatic leukodystrophy. It is a genetic metabolic disease of the brain and occurs recessively inherited, characterized by numerous mutations and effects in the manifestation, so that there are different symptom names as well as the differences in the course and genotype. What is metachromatic leukodystrophy? … Metachromatic Leukodystrophy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
In general, leukodystrophy is not considered curable. Its course varies widely and can occur in newborns as well as in babies, young children, schoolchildren, and adults. Hope lies in research and initial experimental treatments with a lentiviral vector. What is leukodystrophy? The term leukodystrophy is made up of the Greek words “leukos” (white) and “dys” … Leukodystrophy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Phoniatrics forms a separate medical specialty, which until 1993 was a subspecialty of otolaryngology (ENT). Phoniatrics deals with hearing, voice, and speech disorders, as well as swallowing difficulties, and carries strong interdisciplinary characteristics. Together with pediatric audiology, which deals primarily with problems in children’s voice and speech development and hearing perception, phoniatrics establishes an independent … Phoniatrics: Treatment, Effects & Risks
Nephrogenic encephalopathy is a disorder of central nervous system function. The disease does not have a uniform set of symptoms, as the symptoms vary greatly in individual cases. Nephrogenic encephalopathy results as a sequelae disorder from decompensated renal failure or uremia. What is nephrogenic encephalopathy? Nephrogenic encephalopathy is also sometimes referred to by the synonymous … Nephrogenic Encephalopathy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
With the Frenchay dysarthria examination, the doctor specifies a speech disorder related to damage to the brain or facial nerves by having the patient perform specific movements or utterances with the lips, soft palate, jaw, or tongue in ten individual areas. He also assesses voice, respiration (breathing), reflexes, and intelligibility on a scale of one … Frenchay Dysarthria Examination: Treatment, Effects & Risks
Neurology represents one of the most multifaceted, fascinating specialties in medicine. In addition to diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and the universally known stroke, spinocerebellar ataxias are also of immense importance. These are the generic term for a wide variety of disorders in the coordination of movements. The loss of nerve cells leads … Spinocerebellar Ataxia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
