What is ataxia?

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Ataxia is a disorder of movement coordination that occurs when the muscle strength is normal. On weekdays, we must protect and maintain our body more. In clinical practice, the range of random movement and coordination of the limbs will be disordered, and we can not maintain the body posture and balance. Ataxia can affect the limbs, trunk and throat diseases, can cause posture, gait and language disorders, lead to cervical spondylotic myelopathy, spastic cerebral palsy and other complications. Ataxia is not infectious, with an incidence rate of 0.003%-0.005%. Ataxia, more common in alcoholics. Ataxia does not include coordination disorder in mild limb paralysis, voluntary movement deviation caused by ophthalmoplegia, dyskinesia caused by visual impairment, and apraxia caused by brain diseases. Let's share the story of ataxia?.

What is ataxia?

First: cerebellar ataxia, which is characterized by irregular speed, rhythmic amplitude and strength of random movement, that is, dyskinesia of coordination, and possibly accompanied by muscle tension, decreased eyeball, dyskinesia and speech disorders. The people with cerebellar ataxia are unstable in standing, faltering in gait, walking away from separation for a long time, shaking, and even difficult to sit down in severe cases.

Second: cerebral ataxia is seen in patients with frontal lobe or frontopontine tract lesions. His performance is similar to cerebellar ataxia, such as balance disorders, gait instability, backward or to one side dumping, opposite limb ataxia, increased muscle tone. With frontal lobe symptoms, such as mental symptoms, strong grip reflex, etc.

Third: sensory ataxia. This kind of patient can't distinguish the position and movement direction of the limbs, and will have sensory ataxia. For example, he can't stand steadily, he doesn't know the distance, he doesn't know the depth, and he has the feeling of stepping on cotton. He often walks on the ground of the tomb, and it's difficult to walk in the dark.

matters needing attention

Vestibular ataxia is mainly characterized by balance disorder. Its main manifestations are unstable standing, tilting to the diseased side when walking, inability to walk along a straight line, aggravation of feeding symptoms, normal limb ataxia, often accompanied by severe vertigo, vomiting, and nystagmus.