Ataxia

Parkinson’s disease (or PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease, and affects 1% of individuals over the age of 65. It is classified as a hypokinetic…

My name is May Otero and I'm from Sweden. Half Spanish, half Swedish. My condition is Ataxia, but it's number seven. In Sweden they call is SCA number 7, and I have 39 or 41…

Bulbar palsy refers to impairment of function of the cranial nerves IX, X, XI and XII, which occurs due to a lower motor neuron lesion either at nuclear or fascicular level in the medulla…

I’m 54 years old. Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is what I have, and my daughter. From the time I was 4 or 5 years old, you’re limp, like you couldn’t stand up. I was having bouts,…

This afternoon, we're going to start out by doing a clinical, question-and-answer session so that you can, any questions that you have from this morning's clinical presentations…

From a hundred percent I felt like only 30 percent of me was working. At times I would just feel like I'm a spectator just watching everything go past but I couldn't actively…

Ataxia - what’s that? We’ve recently done some market research and that’s told us that only 9% of the population know what ataxia is. So displaying posters, any sort of publicity is…

Dysmetria which is past pointing. Have the patient's put their feet together. And reach out with their hands and do as I do. Finger to nose, please. And back out. Finger to nose…

I think on the improvement side, since we've arrived, certainly by eating with a knife and fork, and I can eat with a knife and fork and I can almost clean up the bottom of a plate…

He’s improving a lot. It’s really positive and we are really happy. I talked with Dr. Nasir and he told me that I improved a lot in just a few days and he’s expecting that I will improve…

Dr. Currie: Today is October 16th, 2013, and this is Mr. Richard. Richard, as far as your pain and everything, what brought you to Arkansas Spinal Care? Richard: Pain brought me to…

After two weeks, I'm amazed. At the amount of improvement I've had I at first did not realize how much my speech had improved. But so many people had commented in terms of walking…

Imagine, raising a smart and active child and for no apparent reason their body just starts to break down things we take for granted like walking and talking become exhaustive tasks.…

I’ve got better control over my knee and better control over my balance so that’s good. And I’ve not been as tired. No definitely fatigue was a big thing that we wanted to tackle so,…