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Leukodystrophy is characterized by specific symptoms, including decreased motor function, muscle rigidity, and eventual degeneration of sight and hearing. While the disease is fatal, the age of onset is a key factor, as infants have a typical life expectancy of 2–8 years, while adults typically live more than a decade after onset.
Symptoms include cerebellar ataxia, spasticity, optic atrophy, epilepsy, [1] loss of motor functions, irritability, vomiting, coma, [2] and even fever has been tied to VWM. [3] The neurological disorders and symptoms which occur with VWM are not specific to countries; they are the same all over the world. [ 4 ]
These symptoms first start out with dysfunctions of the autonomic nervous system which result in symptoms such as abnormal functioning of both the bladder and bowel, recurrent blood pressure drops whenever patients stand up, and male erectile dysfunction. [8] [9] [10] Rarely, anhidrosis might also occur alongside these symptoms. [9] [8] [11] [10]
The incidence of metachromatic leukodystrophy is estimated to occur in 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 160,000 individuals worldwide. [13] There is a much higher incidence in certain genetically isolated populations, such as 1 in 75 in Habbanites (a small group of Jews who immigrated to Israel from southern Arabia), 1 in 2,500 in the western portion of the ...
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The hallmark signs and symptoms of Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease include little or no movement in the arms or legs, respiratory difficulties, and characteristic horizontal movements of the eyes left to right. [citation needed] The onset of Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease is usually in early infancy.
(Reuters) -A person with prior health complications who had contracted bird flu died in Mexico in April and the source of exposure to the virus was unknown, the World Health Organization said on ...
Other symptoms: Ant bites are typically painful and itchy. In addition to the bites, fire ants use their stinger to inject a venom called solenopsin, which causes a burning sensation, Frye says.