What are the symptoms of ataxia?

summary

The maintenance of human posture and the completion of random movement are closely related to the brain, basal ganglia, cerebellum, vestibular system and deep sense. The damage of these systems will lead to poor coordination of movement, balance disorders, etc. these symptoms and signs are called ataxia. It can be divided into four types: sensory ataxia, vestibular ataxia, cerebellar ataxia and hereditary ataxia. Because of its various causes, the same drug treatment of different causes of ataxia curative effect is very different, so now the clinical treatment of this disease is lack of effective drugs or methods. What are the symptoms of ataxia? Let's talk about it

What are the symptoms of ataxia?

Posture and gait changes: Lumbricus lesions caused trunk ataxia, unstable standing, gait faltering, walking away from the separation of two feet, shaking, even difficult to sit, upper Lumbricus damage forward, lower Lumbricus damage backward, upper limb ataxia is not obvious. The lesion of cerebellar hemisphere inclines or leans to the affected side when walking.

Motor coordination disorder: cerebellar hemisphere damage leads to ataxia of ipsilateral limbs. The more close to the target, the more obvious the tremor. Gross nystagmus can be seen when the eyeball looks to the side of the lesion. The ataxia of upper limbs and hands is the most serious. They can't complete coordinated fine movements, can't perform coordination, and have abnormal rapid recovery and rotation movements.

Speech disorder: due to the ataxia of articulation organs such as lip, tongue and throat, the speech is slow and ambiguous, and the voice is intermittent, faltering or explosive, showing poetic or explosive language.

matters needing attention

In our daily life, we should also pay attention to the protection work. Reasonable diet, balanced nutrition; The patients with ataxia should pay special attention to it, so as not to aggravate the disease; Avoid overwork, don't put too much pressure on yourself and relax. If we are happy in body and mind, our life will be better and our family will be happier.