Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome

Overview said, subacute spongiform encephalopathy; Spastic false sclerosis; Subacute cortical - striatal-spinal degeneration. Pathology Disease etiology has not been completely clear, and may slow HIV infection. Reports genetic familial incidence. Clinical manifestations of early symptoms of mental symptoms, the symptoms of visual and motor symptoms such as three symptoms's a start, About 50% of cases of early symptoms of psychiatric symptoms, manifested as loss of memory, orientation deletion, understanding, judgment, Calculation decline and emotional instability. Visual symptoms of cortical abnormalities characteristic of visual agnosia, abnormal sense of distance, depending on the substrate of small troubles. Campaign symptoms walking obstacles and involuntary movement, muscle rigidity, muscular atrophy, muscle tremor and ataxia, and so on. This levy dementia progress faster, the last to become more cortex syndrome even coma. Differential diagnosis (1) Alzheimer's disease incidence of the disease has been slow. more with aphasia - apraxia - agnosia prefrontal syndrome and symptoms (lips reflex), significant resistance muscle tension hyperthyroidism, stereotyped movements, eye movement disorders. There will be Balint-like syndrome. (2) Parkinson-dementia syndrome and dementia showed various signs cone system and muscle atrophy. Reduce movement, tremors and muscle rigidity-based levy of the three major symptoms. A familial incidence of irregular due to the dominant genetic. (3) sexual multifocal leukoencephalopathy (progressive multifocal leuko en cephalopathy) to slow viral encephalitis kind. Slow performance, Gupi, disorientation, visual hallucinations and intelligent receded. Neurological symptoms, including sudden short-term involuntary muscle twitching, and transient disturbance of consciousness, jump night sly, such as intermittent low heat. All patients had abnormal EEG. Measles serum antibody price increase. Early diagnosis depends on the CT scan.

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