Spinocerebellar degeneration

The spine is the most important axial skeleton in our human body and also an important pillar of our body. Although diseases such as spinocerebellar degeneration have no major relationship with spinal diseases, they are just as likely to cause movement disorders as spinal diseases. In the early stages, in addition to unsteady walking, coma may also occur in the late stages. So what are the symptoms of spinocerebellar degeneration?

In fact, spinocerebellar degeneration is a kind of degenerative disease, and there is no complete cure for it at present. The main treatment method is to enable patients to maintain the highest level of self-care ability through repeated rehabilitation. Let me introduce this disease to you.

Spinocerebellar degeneration

Spinocerebellar degeneration is a disease with movement disorders as its main symptom. Pathologically, it is a disease characterized by the degeneration of the cerebellum and its afferent and efferent pathways. The main clinical features are limb ataxia and dysarthria.

Cause: The disease is caused by a multiple mutation of an abnormal CAG nucleic acid repeat sequence in the gene.

Clinical manifestations

1. Initial stage: unsteady gait and shaking limbs when walking; slow movement response and poor accuracy.

2. Middle stage: The pronunciation is unclear and the tone cannot be controlled; the eyeballs do not move smoothly and images easily overlap; the muscle incoordination worsens and it is impossible to write; sometimes swallowing is difficult and choking is easy when eating.

3. Late stage: Speech is extremely unclear, or even impossible to speak; limbs are weak, unable to stand, and need to rely on a wheelchair to move around; the ability to understand gradually decreases, and finally loses consciousness and falls into a coma.

treat

This is a degenerative disease. There is currently no drug that can cure it. The focus of treatment is rehabilitation, but the effectiveness also depends on the outcome. Enable patients to maintain the highest possible level of independence.

It can be treated with stem cells. After treatment, patients can recover their ability to take care of themselves, move around, speak, and write.

Prognosis

Although there is currently no drug to treat this disease, if you can pay attention to physical maintenance, pay attention to diet and daily life, exercise regularly, cooperate with the rehabilitation training required for cerebellar atrophy, and practice persistently, it will help slow down the deterioration of the disease. Here are some suggestions for rehabilitation treatment:

1. Try to maintain contact with society and strive for a balanced life;

2. Choose a job and lifestyle that suits you, interact with others as much as possible, and maintain a happy mental state;

3. Develop exercise habits. Choose an exercise that suits your physical condition to maintain your cardiopulmonary endurance, muscle strength, and optimal body flexibility;

4. Pay attention to your daily life. Don't stay in the same position for too long, move your hands and feet frequently;

5. Receive physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech therapy to relieve the condition.

6. The patient’s vitality can be enhanced under the loving care of his/her relatives.

Regarding the treatment of spinocerebellar degeneration, there is currently no better medicine that can completely cure this type of disease. Therefore, as the patient's family, in addition to paying more attention to and encouraging the patient, you also need to urge the patient to actively receive physical treatment. In addition, you must maintain patience and give the patient more care, etc., which will help enhance the patient's vitality.