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Nystagmus. Nystagmus is a condition of involuntary (or voluntary, in some cases) [1] eye movement. [2] People can be born with it but more commonly acquire it in infancy or later in life. In many cases it may result in reduced or limited vision. [3] In normal eyesight, while the head rotates about an axis, distant visual images are sustained by ...
Bruns nystagmus is an unusual type of bilateral nystagmus most commonly occurring in patients with cerebellopontine angle tumours.It is caused by the combination of slow, large amplitude nystagmus (gaze paretic nystagmus) when looking towards the side of the lesion, and rapid, small amplitude nystagmus (vestibular nystagmus) when looking away from the side of the lesion. [1]
Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome. A person with inherited prion disease has cerebellar atrophy. This is quite typical of GSS. difficulty speaking, developing dementia, memory loss, vision loss. Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome ( GSS) is an extremely rare, always fatal (due to it being caused by prions) neurodegenerative ...
Jones and his team developed new criteria to help physicians in diagnosing LANS that include the following core clinical factors: presents with a slow, predominant neurodegenerative condition with ...
A neurodegenerative diseaseis caused by the progressive loss of neurons, in the process known as neurodegeneration. [2][3]Neuronal damage may also ultimately result in their death. Neurodegenerative diseases include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple system ...
mheim3011/istockphoto. 3. Wandering becomes dangerous. Wandering outside of a home and getting lost is a common sign that it’s time for a memory care facility that offers security measures to ...
Cerebellum (labeled bottom right) of the human brain. It is located above the brain stem, posterior to the brain. Cerebellar degeneration is a condition in which cerebellar cells, otherwise known as neurons, become damaged and progressively weaken in the cerebellum. [1] There are two types of cerebellar degeneration; paraneoplastic cerebellar ...
Diagnosis of mixed dementia can be difficult, as often only one type will predominate. This makes the treatment of people with mixed dementia uncommon, with many people missing out on potentially helpful treatments. Mixed dementia can mean that symptoms onset earlier, and worsen more quickly since more parts of the brain will be affected. [15]