What is Ataxia ?
Ataxia describes absence of muscle control or coordination of voluntary movements, such as walking or picking up objects. A sign of an underlying condition, ataxia can affect various movements, creating difficulties with speech, eye movement and swallowing.
Persistent ataxia which is treated by neurosurgeon in Hyderabad, usually results from damage to the part of your brain that controls muscle coordination (cerebellum). Many conditions can cause ataxia, including alcohol abuse, certain medications, stroke,
tumor, cerebral palsy, brain degeneration and multiple sclerosis. Inherited defective genes also can cause the condition.
Types of ataxia
There are two types of ataxia:
- Sporadic ataxias: Ataxias of this type usually develop in adulthood and have no known family history.
- Hereditary ataxias: These ataxias are caused by a defect in a gene that is present from the start of a person's life and can be either dominantly inherited or recessively inherited. Recessive disorders commonly cause symptoms to begin in childhood rather than in adulthood. Hereditary ataxias are degenerative disorders that may progress over a number of years.
Symptoms
Ataxia can advance over time or come on suddenly. A sign of a number of neurological disorders, ataxia can cause:
- Poor coordination.
- Unsteady walk and a tendency to stumble.
- Change in speech.
- Difficulty with fine motor tasks, such as eating, writing or buttoning a shirt.
- Involuntary back-and-forth eye movements.
- Difficulty swallowing.
Treatment
In most cases, there's no cure for ataxia and supportive treatment to control the symptoms is necessary. This may include:
- speech and language therapy by Best Neurology Treatment In Hyderabad to help with.
- Physiotherapy to help with movement problems.
- Occupational therapy to help you cope with the day-to-day problems.
- medication to control muscle, bladder, heart and eye problems at Best Neurology Hospital in KPHB colony