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Ataxia What is this ?

 
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 3:04 pm    Post subject: Ataxia Reply with quote
It seems to be extremely difficult to find people having ataxia caused by a brain tumor and/or treatments in my country or even online. Anyone here? I'd love to find others.
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 7:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Ataxia Reply with quote
Anna, sorry but I have not had that problem.

I did find an article that mentions ataxia twice:

"Symptoms may be nonspecific and include headache, altered mental status, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, weakness, and gait disturbance. CNS neoplasms also may manifest as focal seizures, fixed visual changes, speech deficits, or focused sensory abnormalities. The onset of symptoms usually is insidious, but an acute episode may transpire when bleeding into the tumor occurs or when an intraventricular tumor suddenly occludes the third ventricle by means of a ball valve mechanism."


"Brainstem and cerebellar tumors induce cranial nerve palsies, ataxia, incoordination, nystagmus, pyramidal signs, and sensory deficits on one or both sides of the body."

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779664-overview

Look down toward the bottom... major heading "Clinical", sub heading "History".

I hope this help you.
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