The patient may be asked to lay flat or sit upright to uncover the presence of nystagmus. The doctor may test the patient's hearing to assess potential hearing loss. This may be seen in Meniere's disease or with an acoustic neuroma, but not necessarily with labyrinthitis or benign ...
The most frequent signs were unilateral limb weakness (38%), gait ataxia (31%), unilateral limb ataxia (30%), dysarthria (28%), and nystagmus (24%). Logistic regression analysis reveals that the clinical features dysphagia (P = .004; 95% CI, 1.8-24.4), nausea or vomiting (P = .002...
Signs of nystagmus (abnormal eye movements) or incoordination can help pinpoint the underlying problem. A physician then performs the Dix-Hallpike test to try to reproduce vertigo. This test involves abruptly repositioning the patient's head and monitoring the symptoms that might be provoked. Not ...
but you can get it later in life from certain drugs and diseases. Your doctor can tell you what’s to blame. Men are much more likely to be born with it than women.
Fast eye movements that you can’t control, called nystagmus Double vision Fatigue.This is often the most common symptom of MS. You may feel tired even after a good night’s sleep. MS fatigue is more severe than normal tiredness, and it can get worse later in the day. Fatigue can make...
Vertigo: The sensation of spinning can result from MS-related damage to thebrainstem(which connects the brain and spinal cord), a lesion in thecerebellum, or abnormal eye movement callednystagmus.5 Pain and other sensory symptoms: Electrical nerve zings,numbness and tingling, prickling, stabbing,...
Another type of FHM involves progressive ataxia, nystagmus (uncontrollable, rapid horizontal or vertical movement of the eyeballs),clumsiness, and dysarthria (a speech disturbance due to emotional stress, tobrain injury, or to paralysis, incoordination, or spasticity of the muscles used for speaking...
Other causes of color blindness While genetics is the leading cause of color blindness, other factors can also cause color deficiency. The most common of these are: Lazy eye (amblyopia) Nystagmus (when eyes move rapidly and uncontrollably) Poor vision (nearsighted, farsighted, astigmatism,...
Possible underlying organic causes of psychiatric symptoms can be overlooked in the clinical setting. It is important to increase awareness amongst psychiatric and neurological professionals with regard to certain inborn errors of metabolism as, in some cases, disease-specific therapies are available that...
Two months later, he experienced a similar episode along with new-onset gaze-evoked nystagmus. After 4 months, downbeat nystagmus, left limb dysmetria, and gait ataxia progressively appeared, and an autoimmune CA was diagnosed based on the positivity of GAD-Abs in serum and cerebrospinal fluid ...