How to confirm sca type 3 test

How to confirm a person does get a sca type 3 diesease. is there any treatment for this or not. and give me some suggestion to over come it. and also gie me what are the symptoms that are faced by a sca disease patient will get.


i have backache , and right leg knee pain and right leg thumb pain , and also gait problem . to confirm these are symptoms for sca disease patient?

[Mollyrae]

Hi:

From what I understand, this is a very rare disease aquired genetically (family to family). There is little information on this disease but have managed to find some information for you. I hope this helps.

Symptoms:
Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is one of a group of genetic disorders characterized by slowly progressive incoordination of gait and often associated with poor coordination of hands, speech, and eye movements. Frequently, atrophy of the cerebellum occurs, and different ataxias are known to affect different regions within the cerebellum. [2]

As with other forms of ataxia, SCA results in unsteady and clumsy motion of the body due to a failure of the fine coordination of muscle movements, along with other symptoms.

The symptoms of an ataxia vary with the specific type and with the individual patient. Generally, a person with ataxia retains full mental capacity but may progressively lose physical control.

Treatment and prognosis:
There is no known cure for spinocerebellar ataxia, which is a progressive disease (it gets worse with time), although not all types cause equally severe disability.

Treatments are generally limited to softening symptoms, not the disease itself. The condition is considered to be irreversible. A person with this disease will usually end up needing to use a wheelchair, and eventually they may need assistance to perform daily tasks.

The treatment of incoordination or ataxia, then mostly involves the use of adaptive devices to allow the ataxic individual to maintain as much independence as possible. Such devices may include a cane, crutches, walker, or wheelchair for those with impaired gait; devices to assist with writing, feeding, and self care if hand and arm coordination are impaired; and communication devices for those with impaired speech.

Many patients with hereditary or idiopathic forms of ataxia have other symptoms in addition to ataxia. Medications or other therapies might be appropriate for some of these symptoms, which could include tremor, stiffness, depression, spasticity, and sleep disorders, among others.

Both onset of initial symptoms and duration of disease can be subject to variation. If the disease is caused by a polyglutamine trinucleotide repeat CAG expansion, a longer expansion may lead to an earlier onset and a more radical progression of clinical symptoms.

My thoughts are with you:
Mollyrae

[Madhusudhanarao]

thanks for the information that has given. but i had knee pain and right leg thumb pian is more hile walking. i want to know these all are  getting SCA Type 3 diesease. and one more question i.e., hpw ;ong that SCA Type 3 disease patient will leave?(life span) of the patient.

[Madhusudhanarao]

thanks for the information that has given. but i had knee pain and right leg thumb pian is more while walking.(give me some pain killer if any possible to reduce that) i want to know these all are  getting SCA Type 3 diesease. and one more question i.e., how long that SCA Type 3 disease patient will leave?(life span) of the patient.