Drug-induced cerebellar syndrome can be caused by a number of drugs, including phenytoin, lithium, carbamazepine, certain chemotherapeutic agents, and aminoglycoside antibiotics. In addition to loss of coordination, some patients may experience dysarthria and nystagmus.
1. Headache. Headaches are one of the most common neurological disorders—and there are a variety of different kinds of headaches, such as migraines, cluster headaches, and tension headaches.
The specific causes of neurological problems vary, but can include genetic disorders, congenital abnormalities or disorders, infections, lifestyle or environmental health problems including malnutrition, and brain injury, spinal cord injury or nerve injury.
Some of the most common are epilepsy, Alzheimer's and other dementias, strokes, migraine and other headaches, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, neurological infections, brain tumors, traumatic conditions of the nervous system such as head injuries and disorders caused by malnutrition.
Neurological soft signs (NSS) are clinically detectable abnormalities that include poor motor coordination, sensory perceptual difficulties, and involuntary movements.
Chemical and metabolic testing of the blood can indicate some muscle disorders, protein or fat-related disorders that affect the brain and inborn errors of metabolism. Blood tests can monitor levels of therapeutic drugs used to treat epilepsy and other neurological disorders.
Some intrinsic factors such as ageing, but also brain injury and associated exaggerated neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, as well as lifestyle factors including high sugar diets and high fat diets, alcohol and tobacco addiction, negatively influence neurodegeneration.
Examples of neurological soft signs (NSS) include clumsiness, motor incoordination, motor overflow, difficulty with motor sequencing or rapid successive movements, stereognosis or graphesthesia, right-left confusion, and extinction in response to double simultaneous stimulation.
Numbness, tingling,or weakness. Or you may not be able to move a part or all of one side of the body (paralysis). Dimness, blurring, double vision, or loss of vision in one or both eyes. Loss of speech, trouble talking, or trouble understanding speech.
Background. Neurological diseases are frequent in older adults, affecting between 5% and 55% of people age 55 and older.
People with Parkinson's don't have enough of the chemical dopamine in their brain because some of the nerve cells that make it have stopped working. Around 145,000 people live with Parkinson's in the UK. And it's the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. What is Parkinson's?
The prevalence of dementia increases with age, affecting nearly 50% of the population over 85 years of age. Dementia is a progressive disorder, finally leading to severe disability and complete dependence of sufferers on caregivers [90].
A lack of vitamin B12 can cause neurological problems, which affect your nervous system, such as: vision problems. memory loss. pins and needles.
Call your doctor if you have any of these neurological symptoms: Severe headaches or migraines. Chronic lower back or neck pain. Seizures or tremors.
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare neurological disorder in which your immune system mistakenly attacks part of the peripheral nervous system—the network of nerves located outside of the brain and spinal cord.
Consciousness is the most sensitive indicator of neurological change; as such, a change in the LOC is usually the first sign to be noted in neurological signs when the brain is compromised. This is true because the brain is sensitive to slight hypoxia or change in adequate blood supply.
Undiagnosed generally refers to patients who have undergone tests and neurological examinations, but doctors haven't been able to find the cause of their symptoms. The term 'syndrome without a name' (SWAN) is sometimes used to talk about an undiagnosed condition.
Many people experience tingling, numbness or a pins and needles sensation. Other symptoms depend on where the damage to your nervous system is located. For example, if your chest muscles are affected, you may have difficulty breathing.
A change in the patient's LOC is the most sensitive indicator of a neurological problem. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (FOUR) Score are useful tools to evaluate a patient's LOC.