DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Slowly progressive weakness
Dementia
Dementia (taken from Latin, originally meaning "madness", from de- "without" + ment, the root of mens "mind") is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging. It may be static, the result of a unique global brain injury, or progressive, resulting in long-term decline due to damage or disease in the body. Although dementia is far more common in the geriatric population, it may occur in any stage of adulthood. This age cutoff is defining, as similar sets of symptoms due to organic brain syndrome or dysfunction, are given different names in populations younger than adult...
Slowly progressive weakness - List of case studies
- MDS – Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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(MDS). He is currently in good general health except for slowly progressive weakness and being constantly tired. In the expert's opinion, there ...
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), with kariotype del(11)q(11)
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a gradual pancytopenia. The patient complains about slowly progressive weakness and being constantly tired.He was offered chemotherapy, ...
- Demyelinizing Disease
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with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis ,who suffers from progressive tetraparesis, more pronounced in the lower extremities. Her ... - is it a rapidly progressive disease or is it a slowly progressive one ? I do not have any data about ocular involvement ...
- List of Symptoms
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Problems with concentration Profound vision loss Progressive exotropia Progressive reduction in the level of functioning ... speech Slowing down of the ideomotor functions Slowly progressive weakness Slowness of movement Slurred speech ...