Ataxia is the loss of muscle control in your arms and legs. Ataxia may cause you to lose your balance and walk with an unsteady gait. You may feel dizzy, clumsy, or unable to coordinate and control ...

Difficulty balancing or an inability to do so can be caused by any number of factors. Head injuries, migraines, alcohol use, ear infections and medications can all affect your musculoskeletal system ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a rare genetic disease that causes difficulty walking, a loss of sensation in the arms and legs, and impaired speech. It’s also known as spinocerebellar degeneration. “Ataxia” ...

Cerebellar ataxia is a disorder in which there's a progressive loss of coordination and difficulties arise with balance and gait. Alma Chopra is a motivation who aims to inspire others like her who ...

Five children from two consanguineous families presented with epilepsy beginning in infancy and severe ataxia, moderate sensorineural deafness, and a renal salt-losing tubulopathy with normotensive ...

(L-R): Pelham musician and family man John Parnell is an ataxia sufferer (Tamika Moore/[email protected]); Dr. Harrison Walker, a neurologist at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, diagnosed Parnell ...

Gluten ataxia is an autoimmune disorder in which the antibodies that are released when digesting gluten attack part of the brain by mistake. Gluten ataxia symptoms include problems with movement, ...

Ataxia has many causes. It maybe hereditary. Other causes include, stroke, infection, intoxication with alcohol and drugs, tumours, multiple sclerosis, AIDS and lack of vitamins. In some cases, ataxia ...

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) is an autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia caused by CAG repeat expansion. We found expansion at SCA7 locus in only two out of 235 Indian families clinically ...

Q: Which doctors treat ataxia? A: A neurologist treats ataxia. Other specialists may also be involved in the treatment depending on the cause. A: Recovery depends on the cause of ataxia. If the cause ...

The term “ataxia” refers to a group of rare, neurodegenerative brain diseases that manifest as gait insecurity, impaired swallowing and speech disorders, among other symptoms. “Pronunciation becomes ...