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This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Cerebellar abiotrophy (CA), also called cerebellar cortical abiotrophy (CCA), is a genetic neurological disease in animals, best known to affect certain breeds of horses, dogs and cats.
1. TH-deficient dopa-responsive dystonia - the mildest phenotype with onset between 1 and 12 years of age, with its initial symptoms being lower-limb dystonia and/or difficulty in walking. Symptoms may gradually worsen over the day and become less pronounced after a period of rest. 2.
The most common symptoms in cats are polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia due to diabetes mellitus; however polyphagia can be the result of growth hormone excess itself. Other symptoms in both cats and dogs include ataxia , asthenia , hepatomegaly , visceromegaly , enlargement of head and distal extremities, heart murmur , degenerative atrophy ...
Onset of symptoms are less likely to be present during adulthood in most patients. Younger children generally have a substantially different presentation of clinical symptoms from older children. Younger children are more likely to have a more rapid neurological degeneration with profound brainstem dysfunction over several days. [citation needed]
Clinical signs will generally present themselves in brief episodes of one to two minutes. [1] After such episode, the cat will generally return to its normal behaviour. [4] [5] These episodes can occur multiple times per day or per week, and may be triggered by endogenous or exogenous stimuli. [5]
Patients can develop two clinical phases: an acute septic phase and a chronic eruptive phase associated with skin lesions. [3] In the acute phase (also known as Oroya fever or fiebre de la Oroya), B. bacilliformis infection is a sudden, potentially life-threatening infection associated with high fever and decreased levels of circulating red blood cells (i.e., hemolytic anemia) and transient ...
The severity can be variable with symptoms including reduction or alteration in consciousness, aphasia, headache, fever, confusion, a stiff neck, and vomiting. [1] [6] Complications may include seizures, hallucinations, trouble speaking, memory problems, and problems with hearing. [1]