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Subject: Re: Cerebellar Degeneration
: My father was diagnosed to have cerebellar degeneration. Please send me more information about this disease, like symptoms, causes, treat Arthur = Hello Arthur: The disorder of Cerebellar degeneration is amoung the diseases that produce ataxia. "Ataxia" is a term used for a distrubance of the accuracy and speed of volentary movement. This usually involves a disorder of the cerebellum although disorders of nerves as wells as other parts of the centeral nervous system can produce similar symptoms. The various symptoms that can be experienced by a patient affected with thi disorder include unsteadiness while walking, slow and slurred speech, eye movement abnormalities, and frequent falls. The classification of the ataxia are divided into the hereditary and acquired forms. The hereditary group of disorders are a mixed bag varying in their inheritance pattern and presentation. The acquired form includes such things as the remote efeects of some cancers on the cerebellum, slow viral diseases, vitamin E deficiency, side effects of medications, alcohol or other toxins. Some investigations done for the acquired form include MRI/CT imaging, thyroxine, vitamin E level, |
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